[linux-audio-dev] Recommended books for new audio developers

apolinaire at poczta.fm apolinaire at poczta.fm
Tue Jan 16 18:05:04 UTC 2007


Let me introduce a little (IMHO) listing of readings :)


Generallly, Theory of Electronic Music created by Computer:

        The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music (Online Book)
        http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm
                by Miller Puckette (current version is "v0.11")

        Electronic and computer music  
                by MANNING Peter  (2004)
        http://books.google.com/books?
vid=ISBN0195144848&id=P2dClS4LdPQC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Electronic+and
+computer+music

Additional Resources:

        Musik- und Audioinformatik (course)
        http://www.encyclospace.org/Musikinformatik_1/
                by Prof. Dr. Guerino Mazzola

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Acoustics,  etc.

        Master Handbook of Acoustics
                by F. Alton (2000 - 592 pages)
        http://books.google.com/books?q=everest+acoustics&btnG=Search
+Books&as_brr=0

        The Science of Sound
        by Thomas D. Rossing, F. Richard Moore, Paul A. Wheeler 
        Addison Wesley (2002)
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Perception, Cognition

        Music, Cognition, and ComputerizedSound
                by Perry R. Cook (1999 - 392 pages)
        http://books.google.com/books?
vid=ISBN0262531909&id=L04W8ADtpQ4C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=7fqmDaKOy5&dq=music,+cognition,+and+computerized+sound&sig=yKMxGVK7hx2MY0Bt3d2o6IAB4l0

        Spatial Hearing: The Psychophysics of Human Sound Localization
                by Jens Blauert (1997 - 494 pages)
        http://books.google.com/books?
vid=ISBN0262024136&id=wBiEKPhw7r0C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=4Grc8V9Sfj&dq=spatial+hearing&sig=gn-DAIIkAIpsR4bATxe9SYc5uCc

Additional Resources:
        http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/Music108/index.html
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Digital audio signal

        Principles of Digital Audio
                by Ken C. Pohlmann (2005 - 842 pages)

        The Art of Digital Audio
                by John Watkinson (1994 - 685 pages)

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Audio Signal Processing

        The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing
        http://www.dspguide.com/ (Online Book)
                by Steven W. Smith

        Digital Audio Signal Processing
                by Udo Zolzer
        http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0471972266&id=IPMhDE-
QWzQC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=RgnzD-LNaH&dq=Digital+Audio+Signal
+Processing&sig=yHPLV6fpUnuIBOuW1BvePBiHaLc

        DAFX - Digital Audio Effects
                by direction Udo Zolzer
        http://books.google.com/books?
vid=ISBN0471490784&id=h90HIV0uwVsC&pg=RA1-PA2&lpg=RA1-PA2&ots=dhzgTFs4d-
&dq=audio+digital+signal+processing&sig=amsRRLktD8AfWJ97vCiMuLe4Pw8

        Introduction to digital filters. (Online Book)
        http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/filters/
                by Julius O. Smith
        Physical Audio Signal Processing: For Virtual Musical Instruments and
Audio Effects (Online Book)
        http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/pasp/
                by Julius O. Smith

additional resources:
http://www.bdti.com/faq/

http://www.bdti.com/articles/info_articles.htm
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Audio Programming 

Resources
http://www.harmony-central.com/Computer/Programming/

http://www.audiomulch.com/~rossb/code/music-programming/

Linux Audio Conference papers etc.
2003 http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/stories/storyReader$3027
2004 http://on1.zkm.de/zkm/stories/storyReader$3623
2005 http://lac.zkm.de/2005/
2006 http://lac.zkm.de/2006/

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Sound Recording

Sound Recording: The Life Story of a Technology
        by David L. Morton (2006 - 215 pages)

The Art of Recording: Understanding and Crafting the Mix
        by William Moylan       (2002 - 304 pages)

The Mastering Engineer's Handbook
        by Bobby Owsinski, Sally Englefried (2000 - 270 pages)

Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science
        by Bob Katz, Robert A. Katz (2002 - 319 pages)
additional resources:

Foundations of Sound Recording Technology
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/192a/
Foundations of Sound Recording Technology
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/192b/



>Computer Music Tutorial
>  by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
>Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance
>  by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse (1997, 480 pages)
>


I hope you will add something:)

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