{"product_id":"introduction-to-computer-music-isbn-9780470714553","title":"Introduction to Computer Music","description":"An up-to-date, core undergraduate text, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Computer Music\u003c\/i\u003e deals with both the practical use of technology in music and the key principles underpinning the discipline. It targets both musicians exploring computers, and technologists engaging with music, and does so in the confidence that both groups can learn tremendously from the cross-disciplinary encounter. It is designed to approach computer music as its own subject and strongly bridge the arts to computing divide, benefiting and reconciling both musicians and computer scientists.  \u003cp\u003eYou will need little or no prior experience of computer programming itself, and may not have an extensive background in mathematics or music, but this highly engaging textbook will help you master many disciplines at once, with a focus on both fascinating theories and exciting practical applications.\u003c\/p\u003e  About the Author.  \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What is Computer Music?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.1 Some Examples of Computer Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.2 Sociable Computer Musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.3 Why Investigate Computer Music?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Quickstart Guide to Computer Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Sound Waves and the Brain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 The Time Domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.3 Periodicity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.4 The Frequency Domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.5 Digital Audio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.6 Filters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.7 Timbre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.8 Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.9 Patching, Signal Flow and Unit Generators.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.10 Computer Music Software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.11 Programming and Computer Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.12 Representing Music on a Computer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 A Whirlwind History of Computer Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Recording.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Recording: A History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Musical Instrument Digital Interface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Virtual Studios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 File Formats and Audio Codecs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Spatialization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.1 Spatial Hearing and Room Acoustics Primer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5.2 Surround Sound Configurations and Multichannel Formats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Recording Tips and Tricks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Sampling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.1 A History of Sampling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.2 Copyright.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7.3 Sample Playback.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.10 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Analysis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Sound Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Fourier Analysis and the Phase Vocoder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Short-time Fourier Transform.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Further Refinements to Fourier Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Resynthesis after Sinusoidal Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Not All Sounds are Periodic: Coping with Noise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Alternative Representations for Analyzing Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Auditory Models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Physiologically Inspired Models of the Auditory System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Computational Auditory Scene Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Perceptual Audio Coding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Feature Extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1 Pitch Detection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.2 Onset Detection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.3 Beat Tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 The Transcription Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Machine Listening and Causal Realtime Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Processing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 More on Signals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 Signals and Sampling Rates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 Ring and Amplitude Modulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.3 Mixing and Splicing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.4 Delays.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Convolution and Filters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Impulse Responses and the Convolution Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Convolution and Multiplication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 More on Filters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.4 Examples: Comb andAll-pass Filters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 ACompendium of Marvelous Digital Audio Effects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Dynamics Processing, Distortion and Waveshaping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 Time Stretching and Pitch Shifting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.3 Implementing Spatialization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Synthesis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Space of Sound SynthesisAlgorithms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.1 ClassicAlgorithms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.2 Waveforms and Wavetables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.3 Frequency Modulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.4 Granular Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.5 Feature-based Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Physical Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Waveguide Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Singing Voice Synthesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Interaction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction to Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Defining Interaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Directness of Control and the Physicality of Gesture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Interfacing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 A Survey of Input Devices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 OfficeComputing forMusic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3 Audio and Video Tracking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.4 Physical Computing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.5 Physiological State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Interaction Scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Installations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.2 Computer Games.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.3 Concert Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 LiveMusical Agents.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.1 Automatic Accompaniment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.2 Robot Musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4.3 Programming the 'Brain' of aVirtual Musician.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Networks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Introduction to Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.1 Network Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.2 Network Music and Installations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.3 Further Network Music Ensembles and the Laptop Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.4 Mobile Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1.5 Online Music Distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Music Information Retrieval.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.1 Content Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.2 Annotation and Evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2.3 MIR Deployments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Composition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Composers and Computers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.1 Musical Decisions: TheAct of Composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.2 Roles for Computers in Composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1.3 Computer Music and Musical Style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Organizing Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.1 Sound Objects and Parameters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.2 Pitch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.3 Timbre.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.4 Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.5 Time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.6 Local Structures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2.7 Musical Form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Formalizing Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.1 Algorithmic Composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3.2 Implementing Algorithmic Composition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Modeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 TheAct of Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Representations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Automating Musicological Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Modeling of Musical Expression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Sonification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 The Information Characteristics of Music.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Summary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.9 Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Conclusions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDr Nick Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is a composer, performer and researcher in the field of computer music. He lectures at the University of Sussex, running the music informatics degree programmes and research group. Research interests include machine listening, interactive and generative music, audiovisual performance, sound synthesis and music psychology. He co-edited the \u003ci\u003eCambridge Companion to Electronic Music\u003c\/i\u003e (Cambridge University Press), and is fond of the non sequitur.\u003cbr\u003e He is an experienced pianist and computer music performer, and active in both instrumental and electronic music composition. We live in a digital era where computers can be involved in all aspects of music production, performance and dissemination. Computers have inspired and realised new music, and support novel ways to analyse and model existing music. \u003cp\u003eAn up-to-date, core undergraduate text, \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Computer Music\u003c\/i\u003e deals with both the practical use of technology in music and the key principles underpinning the discipline. 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