Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance, 2nd Edition

Preserving the organization of the first edition, Computer Music, second edition, is otherwise completely rewritten to reflect the current state of the relationship between computer technology and music composition. Emphasizing the basics of computers, digital audio, and psychoacoustics, the new edition serves as a through introduction to the hardware and software, as well as a readable primer on theories of sound production and acoustics. The authors offer clear, practical overviews of programming languages, the Macintosh and the PC platforms, real-time synthesizers, speech-synthesis, digital filtering, artificial intelligence, and much more all with the goal of providing students and professionals with an ideal sourcebook and textbook for electronic composition. Charles Dodge is visiting professor of music at Dartmouth College. Thomas Jerse is a principal engineer with the Boeing Defense and Space Group and former technical director of the Center for Electronic Music at Brooklyn College.