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Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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2760.0. "Bibliography of Electronic Music Books" by RGB::ROST (Your old lady is my old lady, too) Mon Oct 28 1991 10:58

    From USENET.  A bibliography of books on electronic music subjects.  I
    can't vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this list.
    
From: piet@alchemy.cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum)
Subject: Computer Music bibliography
Date: 24 Oct 91 15:32:41 GMT
Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science
 
This is a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer and electronic music
that I have collected from various sources. I have tried to bring some
structure into it, but not all books will fit into a single subject.
NOTE: I haven't read these books, and the comments are from other people.
On some of them I lost the original commentor's name. Sorry about that. If
you have additions or correction to this information, please mail me.
 
------------------------------ MIDI ------------------------------
 
    Title: Computer music in C / Phil Winsor & Gene DeLisa.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : TAB Books (Windcrest label), c1991.
 Subjects: Computer sound processing.
           Computer composition.
           C (Computer program language)
	   Midi programming
     ISBN: 0-8306-3637-4 (p) : $22.95
It has a C source disk for the PC available for $25.
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    Title: Mind over MIDI / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the editors
	    of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library
Other Series Names: Keyboard synthesizer library.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
     ISBN: 0-88188-551-7 (pbk.) : $12.95
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    Title: MIDI- und sound-buch zum Atari ST. English
    Title: MIDI and sound book for the Atari ST / Bernd Enders and
	    Wolfgang Klemme.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M & T Pub., c1989.
 Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
           Computer sound processing.
           MIDI (Standard)
           Atari ST computers--Programming.
     ISBN: 1-55851-042-7 : $17.95
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  Atari ST Introduction to MIDI Programming
  Len Dorfman and Dennis Young
  ISBN 0-916439-77-1
 
        Bantam Books,Inc.
        666 5th Avenue
        New York,New York
        10103
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    Title: The MIDI drummer : by a drummer for a drummer-- / by David
	    Crigger.
Publisher: Newbury Park, CA : Alexander Pub., c1987.
 Subjects: Electronic percussion instruments--Instruction and study.
           MIDI (Standard)
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    Title: MIDI for guitarists / by Bob Ward and Marty Cutler ;
Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA
	    : Exclusive distributors Music Sales Corp., c1988.
 Subjects: Electric guitar--Instruction and study.
           MIDI (Standard)
     ISBN: 0-8256-1126-1 (U.S.)
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    Title: MIDI for musicians / by Craig Anderton.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications, c1986.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
     ISBN: 0-8256-1050-8 (pbk.)
     ISBN: 0-8256-2214-X (pbk. : cover)
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    Title: MIDI guitar : a complete applications directory for the
	    modern guitarist / [by Rey Sanchez ; forward [sic] by
	    Randy Bernsen].
Publisher: Miami, FL : CPP/Belwin, c1988.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
           Electric guitar.
     ISBN: 0-89898-544-7 : $15.95
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    Title: Midi guitar and synthesis : the basics of guitar synthesis
	    / by Paul Youngblood.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Co., c1989.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
           Electric guitar.
     ISBN: 0-88188-886-9 : $14.95
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    Title: The MIDI home studio / by Howard Massey.
Publisher: London ; New York : Amsco Publications ; New York, NY, USA
	    : Music Sales Corp. [distributor], c1988.
     ISBN: 0-8256-1127-X (U.S.)
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    Title: The MIDI manual / David Miles Huber.
Publisher: Carmel, Ind., USA : Sams, c1991.
     ISBN: 0-672-22757-6
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    Title: The MIDI programmer's handbook / Steve De Furia and Joe
	    Scacciaferro, Ferro Technologies.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Pub., c1989.
     ISBN: 1-55851-068-0
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    Title: MIDI programming for the Macintosh / Steve De Furia and Joe
	    Scacciaferro.
Publisher: Redwood City, CA : M&T Books, 1988.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
           Macintosh (Computer)--Programming.
     ISBN: 1-55851-021-4 : $22.95
     ISBN: 1-55851-022-2 (book & disk) : $39.95
     ISBN: 1-55851-023-0 (disk) : $20.00
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    Title: MIDI sequencing in C / Jim Conger.
Publisher: Redwood City, Calif. : M&T Books, 1989.
		501 Galveston Drive Redwood City, CA 94063
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           C (Computer program language)
           Sequential processing (Computer science)
     ISBN: 1-55851-045-1 (book) : $24.95
     ISBN: 1-55851-047-8 (disk) : $20.00
     ISBN: 1-55851-046-X (set) : $39.95
This book shows how to use the basic features of an MPU-401 interface.
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    Title: MIDI systems and control / Francis Rumsey.
Publisher: London ; Boston : Focal Press, 1990.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
     ISBN: 0-240-51300-2 : $14.95 (U.S.)
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    Title: MIDI, the ins, outs & thrus / by Jeff Rona ; edited by
	    Ronny S. Schiff.
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
    Notes: "A complete guide to the understanding, use, and buying of
	    MIDI instruments"--Cover.
 Subjects: MIDI (Standard)
           Computer sound processing.
     ISBN: 0-88188-560-6 (pbk.) : $12.95
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Joseph Rothstein, _MIDI:  A Comprehensive Introduction_
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   Microsoft Press put out a book on midi programming.  I
   think that this is rather a weak book, but it might serve
   as an introduction for non-computer folk.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Several other books are out that were written by musicians.
   They are interesting as a intro to using midi, but contain
   a dearth of info from my perspective.  As a programmer, I
   have the wrong perspective to sort these out.
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Real Time MIDI performance interfaces
	Dannenberg, "...computer accompaniment..."  ICMC87, ICMC85(??)
	(maybe "Bloch and Dannenberg", don't have it handy)
	X. Chabot ??
 
------------------------------ SYNTHESIS ------------------------------
 
Musical Applications of Microprocessors
Hal Chamberlin
ISBN 0-8104-5773-3
1980, still in print.
I have seen two editions: mine from the early 80's, and a hardback
that my friend has from the late 80's.  His has 68000 assember
for an FFT routine.
 
Hayden Book Company, Inc.
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Rochelle Park, NJ
 
This covers analog and digital sound synthesis from an
experimenter's perspective, not much math, lots of algorithms
and circuits.  If you want to solder and program in your
garage and make lots of weird sounds, this is the bible.
Lots of BASIC programs, but they're very short, just
to demonstrate algorithms.  It was, after all, written in 1980.
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    Title: Computer music : synthesis, composition, and performance /
	    Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse.
Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1985.
 Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
           Computer composition.
     ISBN: 0-02-873100-X
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Moore, F. Richard. Elements of Computer Music. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, 1990.
$38.00 + $4.00 shipping UPS surface
ISBN: 0-13252-552-6
Lots of stuff on software synthesis, and more, all centered around cmusic
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
This book is very well "A syntesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments"
Amsco Publications,New York, 1987
author: H.Massey
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Schottstaedt, Bill. "The Simulation of Natural Instrument Tones Using 
Frequency Modulation with a Complex Modulating Wave." Computer Music 
Journal 1, 4 (1977): 46-50.
also in:
Roads, Curtis and John Strawn, ed.The Foundations of Computer Music. 
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985.
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J. Chowning
"The Synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Frequency
 Modulation"
    J. Audio Eng. Soc. 21, no. 7 (1973):526-534
[This is the standard reference.]
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J. Chowning and D. Bristow
"FM Theory and Applications by Musicians for Musicians"
Yamaha Music Foundation, Tokyo, 1986
ISBN 4-636-17482-8
[Could be difficult to find.]
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Marc LeBrun
"A derivation of the Spectrum of FM with a Complex Modulating Wave."
Computer Music Journal Volume 1, Number 4. 1977, pages 51-52.
Also in Roads and Strawn, Foundations of Computer Music.
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Marc LeBrun
"Digital Waveshaping Synthesis"
Journal of the AES, 27(4), 1979: 250-266
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J.A. Moorer
"The synthesis of Complex Audio Spectra by Means of Discrete
 Summation Formulae"
Music Department, Stanford U., 1975 (Report no. STAN-M-5.)
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Chareyron, J. "Digital Synthesis of Self-modifying
Waveforms by Means of Linear Automata", Computer 
Music Journal, Vol 14 No. 4, 1990.
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    Title: The synthesizer / John Bates.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Music Dept., 1988.
Series Name: Oxford topics in music
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Juvenile literature.
           Musical instruments, Electronic--Juvenile literature.
           Computer music--History and criticism--Juvenile literature.
           Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
           Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Computer music--History and criticism.
     ISBN: 0-19-321337-0
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    Title: The synthesizer and electronic keyboard handbook / David
	    Crombie ; [foreword by Thomas Dolby].
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1984.
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
           Electronic keyboard (Synthesizer)
     ISBN: 0-394-72711-8 (pbk.) : $13.95
     ISBN: 0-394-54084-0 : $25.00
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    Title: Synthesizer basics / by Dean Friedman.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributor,
	    Music Sales Corp., c1986.
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
     ISBN: 0-8256-2409-6 (pbk.)
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    Title: Synthesizer basics / by the editors of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1984.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 1
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
           Electronic music--Instruction and study.
     ISBN: 0-88188-289-5 (pbk.) : $8.95
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    Title: Synthesizer basics / edited by Brent Hurtig from the pages
	    of Keyboard magazine. (rev. ed)
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library
    Notes: Cover subtitle: The musician's reference for creating,
	    performing, and recording electronic music.
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study.
           Electronic music--Instruction and study.
     ISBN: 0-88188-714-5 (pbk.) : $12.95
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    Title: Synthesizer orchestration : a creative approach for the
	    arranger and synthesist includes cassette recording of
	    musical examples / by Steve Quinzi.
Publisher: Miami Fla. : Studio 224, c1987.
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    Title: Synthesizer programming / edited by Dominic Milano ; by the
	    editors of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: Keyboard synthesizer library
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
     ISBN: 0-88188-550-9 (pbk.)
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    Title: Synthesizer technique / by the editors of Keyboard
	    magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1987.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library
Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
     ISBN: 0-88188-715-3 (pbk.) : $12.95
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    Title: Synthesizermusik und Live-Elektronik : geschichtliche,
	    technologische, kompositorische und padagogische Aspekte
	    der elektronischen Musik / Gunther Batel, Dieter Salbert.
Publisher: Wolfenbuttel : Moseler, c1985.
 Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
           Computer music--Instruction and study.
           Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
     ISBN: 3-7877-3534-8
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    Title: Synthesizers and computers / by the editors of Keyboard
	    magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1985.
Series Name: The Keyboard synthesizer library ; v. 3
    Notes: Contributions by Bob Moog and others.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Title: Synthesizers and computers / edited by Brent Hurtig.
Publisher: Milwaukee, Wis. : H. Leonard Pub. Corp., c1987.
Series Name: Keyboard magazine basic library
 Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
           Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
           MIDI (Standard)
     ISBN: 0-88188-716-1 (pbk.) : $12.95
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    Title: Electronic music: a handbook of sound synthesis & control
	    [by] M. L. Eaton.
Publisher: [Kansas City, Mo., ORCUS, 1969]
Series Name: ORCUS technical publication, TP-3003
 Subjects: Electro-acoustics.
           Electronic music--Instruction and study.
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    Title: Electronic music circuits / by Barry Klein.
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : H.W. Sams, c1982.
Series Name: Blacksburg continuing education series
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Construction.
           Electronic circuits.
     ISBN: 0-672-21833-X (pbk.) : $16.95
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    Title: Electronic music synthesizers / by Delton T. Horn.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1980.
 Subjects: Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
     ISBN: 0-8306-9722-5 : $9.95
     ISBN: 0-8306-1167-3 (pbk.) : $5.95
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Title: Electronic music technology / NRI.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : McGraw-Hill Continuing Education Center,
	    c1988.
 Subjects: Oscillators, Electric--Programmed instruction.
           Musical instruments, Electronic--Programmed instruction.
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   Author: Kettelkamp, Larry.
    Title: Electronic musical instruments : what they do, how they
	    work / Larry Kettelkamp ; foreword by Herbert Deutsch.
Publisher: New York : W. Morrow, 1984.
    Notes: Explains the principles of electronic music, discusses the
	    uses of such electronic instruments as oscillators,
	    synthesizers, electronic organs, and sound processors, and
	    gives advice on performing and recording electronic music.
 Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Electronic music.
     ISBN: 0-688-02781-4
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    Title: The Art of electronic music / compiled by Tom Darter ;
	    edited by Greg Armbruster.
Publisher: New York : Quill, c1984.
    Notes: "...Edited from material originally published in Keyboard
	    magazine from 1975 to 1983"--T.p. verso.
 Subjects: Electronic music--History and criticism.
           Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Synthesizer (Musical instrument)
           Musicians--Interviews.
     ISBN: 0-688-03106-4 (pbk.) : $15.95
     ISBN: 0-688-03105-6
 
------------------------------ COMPOSITION -----------------------------
 
    Title: Electronic music composition for beginners / Robert Train
	    Adams.
Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : Wm. C. Brown, c1986.
Subjects: Electronic composition.
     ISBN: 0-697-00457-0 (pbk.)
 
--------------------------- COMPUTER MUSIC ----------------------------
 
Languages for Computer Music/Real Time Control
	Mathews (The Music "N" languages) (No reference handy)
	Dannenberg et al, "Arctic...", CMJ 10(4)
	Dannenberg "Canon", CMJ???, "Fugue" ICMC89
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 TITLE:   The music machine : selected readings from "Computer music journal" /
          ed. by Curtis Roads
 IMPRINT: Cambridge, Masschusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1989 * XIV, 725 p. :
          ill. ; 26 cm
 NAMES:   Roads, Curtis
 ISBN:    0-262-18131-2 m
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 TITLE:   Informatique et musique : session musicologique de l'International
          computer music conference organisee par l'equipe ERATTO [a] Paris,
          IRCAM, 24 octobre 1984 / [textes reunis et presentes par Helene
          Charnasse]
 IMPRINT: Ivry-sur-Seine : Elmeratto, 1988 * 145 p. ; 30 cm
 SERIES:  Publications Elmeratto
 NAMES:   Charnasse, Helene * (1984 ; Parijs)
 ISBN:    2-902671-07-5 m
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 AUTHOR:  Manning, Peter
 TITLE:   Electronic and computer music / [by] Peter Manning
 EDITION: Repr.
 IMPRINT: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1988 * VI, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
 ISBN:    0-19-311923-4 m p * 0-19-311918-8 v
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 AUTHOR:  Davis, Deta S.
 TITLE:   Computer applications in music : a bibliography / [by] Deta S. Davis
 IMPRINT: Madison, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, 1988 * XVIII, 537 p. ; 24 cm
 SERIES:  The computer music and digital audio series ; vol. 4
 ISBN:    0-89579-225-7		$49.95
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 AUTHOR:  Bartle, Barton K.
 TITLE:   Computer software in music and music education : a guide / by Barton
          K. Bartle
 IMPRINT: Metuchen, N.J., [etc.] : Scarecrow Press, 1987 * XIV, 252 p. ; 22 cm
 ISBN:    0-8108-2056-0 m
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 TITLE:   Foundations of computer music / ed. by Curtis Roads [and] John Strawn
 EDITION: 3rd print.
 IMPRINT: Cambridge, Massachusetts, [etc.] : MIT Press, 1987 * XX, 712 p. ; 23
          cm
 NAMES:   Roads, Curtis * Strawn, John
 ISBN:    0-262-68051-3 m * 0-262-18114-2 v
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 TITLE:   Computer music / [ed.-in-chief: Anthony I. Wasserman]
 IMPRINT: New York : ACM, 1985 * 120 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
 SERIES:  Computing surveys ; vol. 17, nr. 2. 0360-0300
 NAMES:   Wasserman, Anthony I.
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    Title: Computer Music Association source book : activities and
	    resources in computer music / compiled and edited by Craig
	    R. Harris and Stephen T. Pope.
Publisher: [San Francisco, CA, USA] (P.O. Box 1634, San Francisco
	    94101-1634) : The Association, c1987.
 Subjects: Computer Music Association--Directories.
           Computer music--Directories.
           Computer music--History and criticism--Bibliography.
 
------------------------------ MAGAZINES ------------------------------
 
    Title: Electronic musician.
Publisher: [Oklahoma City, OK : Polyphony Pub. Co., c1985-
 Subjects: Electronic music--Periodicals.
Previous Title: Polyphony 0163-4534 (DLC)sn 78002183 (OCoLC)4380626
     ISSN: 0884-4720
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    Title: Keyboard.
Publisher: [Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Music Industry Publications]
 Subjects: Keyboard instruments--Periodicals.
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    Title: Keyboard.
Publisher: [Cupertino, Calif. : GPI Publications], c1981-
Publisher: Vol. 7, no. 7 (July 1981)-
Previous Title: Contemporary keyboard 0361-5820 (DLC)   76641315
	    (OCoLC)2246955
     ISSN: 0730-0158
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 TITEL:   Computer music journal
 IMPR.:   Cambridge, MA
 ISBN:    0148-9267
 
------------------------------ OTHER ------------------------------
 
C LANGUAGE ALGORITHMS FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
Paul M. Embree and Bruce Kimble
Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1991
xvi + 456 pp. + diskette.  Price $44.00
 
The book includes introductory chapters into DSP, programming tips for
style and efficiency, chapters on filtering, FFT, image processing.
All code in the text is included on the diskette...the reviewer doesn't
say what type of disk it is (mac, ibm??).
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Computing in Musicology: A Directory of Research
 
ed. Walter B. Hewlett and Eleanor Selfridge-Field
 
Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities
525 Middlefield Road, Suite 120
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 322-7050
XB.L36@stanford.bitnet
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  Tuning In - Microtonality in Electronic Music, Scott R.
  Wilkinson. 1988. Hal Leonard Books. ISBN 0-88188-633-5.
 
Contents:
   1. Music, Mathematics and Microtuning
   2. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
   3. The History of Tuning and Temperament
   4. Using Tunings
   5. Alternate Tunings and Scales
   6. Tuning Electronic Instruments
 
Foreword by Wendy Carlos. Bibliography, discography, etc.
Includes details on tuning such instruments as DX7, EPS, etc.
 
Hal Leonard Books
8112 W. Bluemound Road
Milwaukee, WI 53213
$14.95
120 pgs., illustrated
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The Well-Tempered Object
	Musical Applications of Object-Oriented Software Technology
 
	A Structured Anthology on Software Science and Systems 
	based on Articles from Computer Music Journal 1980-89
 
	Compiled and edited by Stephen Travis Pope
	Published by MIT Press, 1991
 
The Well-Tempered Object is based on a collection of articles 
that appeared in Computer Music Journal over the space of ten years 
relating to the application of object-oriented (OO) software 
technology--the most important new software engineering technology 
of the 1980s--to various musical applications. It consists of 
articles from Computer Music Journal 4(4), 8(5), 10(4) and 13(2) 
along with new chapters and updates to the original texts as 
addenda. The authors describe the application of OO technology to 
a wide range of areas of computer music and digital audio signal 
processing including music representation and composition, real-
time performance, and digital signal processing (DSP). A number of 
popular OO programming languages are represented, including Lisp, 
Smalltalk-80, and ObjectiveC. 
 
===============
Keywords/Topics
===============
Music software, object-oriented programming, object-oriented 
software design, music representation, composition and 
performance, graphical user interfaces, DSP programming, single 
and multiple inheritance, Actors, OO user interface systems.
 
Flavors Band, FORMES, Kyma, Platypus, SoundKit, MusicKit, MODE, 
HyperScore ToolKit, CreationStation, Javelina, VDSP, TTrees, 
Nutation.
 
NeXT, Macintosh, Sun SPARCstation, LISP, Smalltalk-76 & -80, 
ObjectiveC, ACT-1, and DSP languages.
 
Language and methodology introductions, tool and application 
reports, extensive bibliographies, tutorials on OO programming 
and OO design.
 
=======
Outline
=======
	Introduction
	Part 1--OO Machine Tongues
	Part 2--Languages and Systems
	Part 3--OO DSP Tools and Systems
	Author Contact Addresses
 
=================
Table of Contents
=================
Introduction--Stephen Travis Pope
 
Part 1: Tutorials and Technology
--------------------------------
 
Machine Tongues VIII: The Design of a Smalltalk Music System--
Glenn Krasner
 
Machine Tongues IX: Object-Oriented Programming--Henry Lieberman
 
Machine Tongues XI: Object-Oriented Software Design--Stephen 
Travis Pope
 
Part 2: Music Representation and Processing Tools
-------------------------------------------------
 
Flavors Band: A Language for Specifying Musical Style--C. Fry
 
FORMES: Composition and Scheduling of Processes--Xavier Rodet and 
Pierre Cointe
 
Introduction to MODE: The Musical Object Development Environment--
Stephen Travis Pope
 
An Overview of the Sound and Music Kits for the NeXT Computer--
David Jaffe and Lee Boynton
Addendum: Sound and Music Kits Version 1.0
 
Part 3: Composition Systems
---------------------------
 
The Kyma/Platypus Computer Music Workstation--Carla Scaletti
Addendum: A Kyma Update
 
An Introduction to the Creation Station--Henry Flurry
Addendum: An Update on the Creation Station
 
TTrees: A Tool for the Compositional Environment--Glendon Diener
Addendum: A Hierarchical Approach to Music Notation
 
Part 4: Signal Processing Systems
---------------------------------
 
Javelina: An Environment for Digital Signal Processor Software 
Development--Kurt J. Hebel
Addendum: Filter Design and Optimization Examples
 
Virtual Digital Signal Processing in an Object-Oriented System--
David K. Mellinger, G. E. Garnett and Bernard Mont-Reynaud
 
 
Addresses of Authors
 
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Details
=======
Compiled and Edited by Stephen Travis Pope (Editor of Computer 
Music Journal)
 
ISBN 0-262-16126-5, 200 pages, hardcover, US$ 30.00
 
Available from: 
MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 USA
Call (617) 625-8569 to order
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 TITLE:   The language of electroacoustic music / ed. by Simon Emmerson
 IMPRINT: Basingstoke [etc.] : MacMillan Press, 1986 * VIII, 231 p. ; 24 cm
 NAMES:   Emmerson, Simon
 ISBN:    0-333-39759-2 m * 0-333-39760-6 v p
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 NAAM:    MacNally, G. W.
 TITEL:   Digital audio : recursive digital filtering for high quality audio
          signals / [by] G. W. McNally
 IMPR.:   [S.l.] : Research Department, Engineering Division, The Brithish
          Broadcasting Corporation, 1981 * IV, 29 p. ; 30 cm
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 TITEL:   Numerical recipes in C : the art of scientific computing / [by]
          William H. Press, Brian P. Flannery, Saul A. Teukolsky [and] William
          T. Vetterling
 IMPR.:   Cambridge [etc.] : Cambridge U.P., 1988 * 2 dl.  ; 25 cm
 ISBN:    0-521-35465-X m * 0-521-35746-2 m
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The Principles of Digital Audio,
by Ken Pohlmann
published by Howard Sams
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blesser, Barry and J. Kates. "Digital Processing in Audio Sinals." In A. V.
Oppenheim, ed. Applications of Digital Signal Processing. Englewood Cliffs, 
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
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Digital Signal Processing Committee of IEEE Acoustics, Speech, and Signal
Processing Society, ed. Programs for Digital Signal Processing. New York:
IEEE Press, 1979.
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Strawn, John, ed. Digital Audio Signal Processing: An Anthology. Los Altos,
CA: W. Kaufmann, 1985.
$34.95, ISBN 0-86576-082-9
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I called the publisher (W. Kaufmann) about _Digital Audio Signal
Processing_ and they referred me to A-R Editions, who shipped the book
the next day!  I had it in my grasp in well under a week, via UPS surface.
The shipping charge was $2.50 if I recall correctly.
 
	A-R Editions
	801 Deming Way
	Madison, Wisconsin 53717
	608-836-9000 (They accept VISA orders)
 
This title and others in "The Computer Music and Digital Audio Series" 
are as follows:
 
Curtis Road, ed., _Composers and the Computer_, 201 pages,
$27.95, ISBN 0-86576-085-3
 
John Strawn, ed., _Digital Audio Engineering_, 144 pages,
$29.95, ISBN 0-86576-087-X
 
Ken C. Pohlmann, _The Compact Disc:  A Handbook of Theory and Use_,
288 pages, $45.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-89579-234-6, $29.95 (paper)
ISBN 0-89579-228-1
 
Forthcoming books:
 
Curtis Roads, _A Computer Music History: Musical Automation from Antiquity
to the Computer Age_
 
David Cope, _Computer Analysis of Musical Style_
 
Dexter Morrill and Rick Taube, _A Little Book of Computer Music
Instruments_
 
Also Introduction to Computer Music by Wayne A. Bateman from Wiley & Sons
is exellent.
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                MUSIC, SOUND and TECHNOLOGY
                by John M. Eargle. (A mini-review)
is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library
of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990.
 
        This little book turned up on the New Titles shelf in the Physics
and Planetary Science Library at Pitt recently, and I've just finished going
through it. It was a worthwhile enough bit of reading matter that I thought
I'd bring it to the List's attention. This ain't no formal book review, but
then again you all probably knew that already, knowing me, right?
 
        MS&T is a fairly technical treatment of the acoustics of musical
instruments, almost exlcusively focussing on acoustic instruments that are
featured in the modern orchestral format (hence including a lot of unusual
jazz instruments and percussion devices). It has fairly little math in it,
and requires little or no math background to read, but it does not skimp
on the ideas it brings across-- a novice who knew something about music,
having read this book carefully, would come away with a better understanding
of music and acoustics than many professional sound engineers probably have.
(Based on my own experiences in the field, that is.) The style is a trifle
dry, but is never so technical as to be unreadable. Examples from the public
domain are liberally sprinkled throughout the book, and every chapter ends
with a small bibliography and reference list, often including phonorecords.
 
        The book begins with a brief review of the physical principles
underlying the creation of sound: waves, sound pressure, units like the
decibel, and so on. Virtually all of the math in the book is contained here,
and it's on the high-school level, not too daunting. Some of the stuff is
quite simple (masses on springs, pendula), but the reader suddenly finds
himself absorbing stuff like "Relations between Direct and Reverberant Fields"
--and understanding it clearly! The organization is clear, and every concept
is prefaced with an explanation of why and where it's important. The next
two chapters complete what Eargle considers the introductory part of the book;
one is on the physiology of hearing and psychoacoustics, ranging from the
localization of sound by the ears and head to the cultural biases inherent in
judging what constitutes "consonance" and "dissonance," and the other is a
brief but relatively well-thought-out review of temperament and tuning scales.
 
        Chapters 4 through 9 are explanations of the physics of the usual
sorts of sound generators one would find in orchestral of jazz music, and
comparative studies of their pitch and loudness ranges, harmonic structure,
and expressive characteristics in relation to the player's abilities. Strings,
woodwinds, brasses, and percussion devices are given their own chapters, and
keyboards are lumped together in one chapter, despite their differences in
sound creation (which Eargle acknowledges but views as less important than
their similarities). There are all sorts of little gems here-- how to change
the speaking length of a trumpet, what happens to the frequency response of
a piano when you close the lid, how a vibraphone differs from a marimba, etc.
These chapters alone make the book worth a look.
 
        Chapter 10 explains the philosophy behind the physical organization of
musical ensembles. Why the first and second violins are sometimes seated
together on the left, other times separated, and so on. Chapter 11 is a long
and occasionally quite technical discussion of performance space design, and
of the engineering of suitable halls for speech, music, and worship (there's
a big section on church design). Chapters 12 and 13 discuss the principles of
sound reinforcement and sound recording, with diagrams of speaker placements
and microphone patterns abounding; this is getting into the sort of stuff that
we tend to deal with regularly in EMUSIC-L, and we may have seen it elsewhere,
but at this point we're used to Eargle's delivery and it's more clear than the
usual drek in Home and Studio Recording. Some of the discussion is quite
fascinating (is it better to be shamefully accurate or to correct for acoustic
weaknesses when recording a symphony?), and the material is quite modern in
its presentation: Eargle notes "with nostalgia" the passing of the vinyl LP
from the scene. Overdubbing, Digital recording, and signal processing are
touched on in a straightforward manner, from quad sound systems to delay and
digital reverb. Chapter 14 is a primer on home audio, with explanations of
the LP, cassette, and CD as playback media and commentary on speaker systems.
 
        Chapter 15 is what you've all been waiting for, the "Overview of Music
Synthesis." It covers the acoustics of transients, steady-state conditions,
and tonal decay, ensemble considerations, working in the frequency vs. the
time domain, and mentions modern developments such as sampling and MIDI. The
entire section is only eight pages long, half of which are figures, but for
the acoustic musician who's unfamiliar with and a bit scared of synthesizers
it's a very easily digestible introduction. The acoustic musician sighs with
relief and says, "So THAT'S all there is to it!" (Of course, it isn't, but it
serves to keep the musician's mind open and unafraid of future learning.) The
author seems to regard these instruments with some degree of wide-eyed wonder,
and perhaps some nervous condescention as well, but he never fails to
recognize them as instruments in their own right, deserving of attention
beside the violins and piccolos. His only classicist comment, which is
probably forgivable under the circumstances, is that "Electronically generated
sounds do not necessarily have to imitate those of traditional instruments,
but the sounds do have to fit into musical contexts." (We'll shelve arguments
on that point for other posts, ok?) The last chapter is a brief touch upon
active noise reduction principles and techniques, and probably should have
been placed between chapters 13 and 14, but at least it's there, if only for
six pages.
 
        The book weighs in at 290 pages with a reasonably thorough index, and
is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, copyright 1990. Its Library
of Congress number is ML3805.E2 1990. I consider it a refreshing change from
the constant jabber about whether the Amiga can beat the Mac in the MIDI world
or what goes into Differential Loop Modulation in the D-70. It's clear,
readable, and has a lot of worthwhile data that can be put to good use by a
clever musician, electronic or otherwise. Metlay says, check it out.
 
metlay                  
                        
metlay@pittvms.BITNET   
metlay@vms.cis.pitt.EDU 
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The July 1991 issue of _Computer_, (Vol 24, #7, ISSN 0018-9162), published by
the IEEE Computer Society, has the title "Computer Generated Music", and a
whole bunch of neat articles.
 
Titles of articles, are followed by Authors, then a description.
(taken from the table of contents)
 
_Guest Editor's Introduction: Computer Generated Music_
	Denis L. Baggi
 
_Formula: A Programming Language for Expressive Computer Music_
	David P. Anderson and Ron Kuivila
 
	Formula, a language for controlling synthesizers, can model the
	expressiveness of a human performance.  It supports algorithmic
	composition, interactive performance, and programmed interpretation
	of traditional scores.
 
_Recombinant Music: Using the Computer to Explore Musical Style_
	David Cope
 
	A Computer program that creates new but stylistically recognizable
	music from existing works offers insights into the elusive
	phenomenon of musical style.
 
_Toward an Expert System for Expressive Musical Performance_
	Margaret L. Johnson
 
	An expert system processes the melodies of Bach fugues using a model
	that recognizes rhythmic patterns.  It outputs instructions that
	tell performers how to articulate the melodies.
 
_Fugue: A Functional Language for Sound Synthesis_
	Roger B. Dannenberg, Christopher Lee Fraley, and Peter Velikonja
 
	Fugue provides functions to create and manipulate sounds as abstract,
	immutable objects.  The interactive language supports behavioral
	abstraction, so composers can manage complex musical structures.
 
_A Computer Music System that Follows a Human Conductor_
	Hideyuki Morita, Shuji Hashimoto, and Sadamu Ohteru
 
	An electronic orchestra with a complex performance database and
	MIDI controllers responds to the gestures of a conductor through
	a CCD camera and a sensor glove.
 
_Project Overviews: Current Research in Computer Generated Music_
	Stephen W. Smoliar, Goffredo Haus, Alberto Sametti, Denis L. Baggi,
	Antonio Camurri, Corrado Canepa, Marcello Frixione, Renato Zaccaria,
	Yap Siong Chua, and Robert Keefe
 
	Six overviews reflect varied ongoing research.  Reporting from
	such diverse locales as Singapore, Europe, and the US, the authors
	explore the spheres of computer-aided composition, synthesis of
	musical scores, computer simulation, and composing by musical
	analog.
 
The six overviews look more interesting than the description.  Of course,
all of the above articles have references, so you can go look up more
information.
 
_Standards_
	Standard Music Description Language
 
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Also, Coming Fall 1991:
 
_Readings in Computer-Generated Music_
	edited by Denis Baggi
 
	This new tutorial is a collection of 11 important articles, reprinted
	from the July 1991 special issue of _Computer_ on computer-
	generated music, plus a number of important articles omitted due
	to space limitations.  These papers include all the articles from
	this issue either in their entirety or in an expanded version.  A
	companion CD and audiocassette will also be available for sale.
 
	250 pages, November. 1991, hardbound, catalog No. 2367
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    Title: The Byte book of computer music / edited by Christopher P.
	    Morgan.
Publisher: Peterborough, N.H. : Byte Books, c1979.
 Subjects: Computer music--Instruction and study.
           Computer composition.
     ISBN: 0-931718-11-2
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    Title: Electronic music / Andy Mackay.
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Control Data Publishing, 1981.
Series Name: The Covent Garden music guides ; No. 2
 Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Electronic music--History and criticism.
     ISBN: 0-89893-504-0 : $19.95
     ISBN: 0-89893-302-1 (pbk.) : $10.95
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    Title: Electronic music : systems, techniques, and controls /
	    Allen Strange ; forward by Gordon Mumma.
Publisher: Dubuque, Iowa : W.C. Brown Co., c1983.
 Subjects: Electronic music--Instruction and study.
           Electronic composition.
     ISBN: 0-697-03602-2 (pbk.)
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    Title: Electronic music dictionary : a glossary of the specialized
	    terms relating to the music and sound technology of today
	    / by Bo Tomlyn & Steve Leonard.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
 Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
     ISBN: 0-88188-904-0 : $5.95
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    Title: The electronic music dictionary / by W.D. Coakley.
Publisher: Lantana, Fla. (315 North Lake Drive, Suite 16, Lantana,
	    Florida 33462) : W.D. Coakley, c1988.
 Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
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    Title: Electronic music production / by Alan Douglas.
Publisher: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1982.
 Subjects: Musical instruments, Electronic.
           Electronic music--History and criticism.
     ISBN: 0-8306-1418-4 (pbk.) : $7.95
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    Title: The electronic musician's dictionary / Craig Anderton.
Publisher: New York : Amsco Publications : Exclusive distributors
	    Music Sales Corp., c1988.
 Subjects: Electronic music--Dictionaries.
     ISBN: 0-8256-1125-3
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    Title: Multi-track recording / edited by Dominic Milano from the
	    pages of Keyboard magazine.
Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : H. Leonard Books, c1988.
Series Name: The Keyboard magazine basic library
 Subjects: Sound--Recording and reproducing.
Other Series Names: Keyboard synthesizer library.
     ISBN: 0-88188-552-5 (pbk.) : $12.95
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2760.1algorhythms againPIANST::JANZENLove looks not with the eyesWed Nov 13 1991 11:3221
>Also, Coming Fall 1991:
> 
>_Readings in Computer-Generated Music_
>	edited by Denis Baggi
> 
>	This new tutorial is a collection of 11 important articles, reprinted
>	from the July 1991 special issue of _Computer_ on computer-
>	generated music, plus a number of important articles omitted due
>	to space limitations.  These papers include all the articles from
>	this issue either in their entirety or in an expanded version.  A
>	companion CD and audiocassette will also be available for sale.
> 
>	250 pages, November. 1991, hardbound, catalog No. 2367

	I don't think this is coming out this month.  My article about
	AlgoRhythms is tentatively in (unless they run out of paper).
	The audiocassette might be my audio cassette, which will have a 	
	contact address.  The editor is pretty laid back about it, so it
	can't be coming out for a couple months.
Tom