16 Jan
2007
16 Jan
'07
8:06 a.m.
Hi,
What are the recommended books to read for people new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I found
these 2:
Computer Music Tutorial
by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance
by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse (1997, 480 pages)
Though they seem quite old. Is there anything newer or better?
I guess for Linux-specific issues you have to read the docs/source for
things like ALSA, Jack, LADSPA/LV2, DSSI & LASH.
Damon
16 Jan
16 Jan
8:16 a.m.
Damon Chaplin wrote:
What are the recommended books to read for people new
to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I found
these 2:
Computer Music Tutorial
by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
A misnamed classic. It's no tutorial, but it is crammed with
information. However, it's not really targeted to developers.
Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and
Performance
by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse (1997, 480 pages)
You might get more from this one. It's the one I recommend to newbies to
computer-assisted sound design and music-making.
Though they seem quite old. Is there anything newer or
better?
There are numerous texts on DSP on the Web and elsewheres, perhaps some
of the engineers here will recommend a beginner's guide.
I guess for Linux-specific issues you have to read the
docs/source for
things like ALSA, Jack, LADSPA/LV2, DSSI & LASH.
Yes. Alas, publishers have turned a deaf ear to suggestions for a
programmer's guide to the Linux sound system. But the time is certainly
right for such a guide.
Best,
dp
8:47 a.m.
On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:30 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
Damon Chaplin wrote:
although true, i have to stress that Roads' book was absolutely pivotal
in getting me started. it provides a background, a context, a way of
thinking about the goals. its certainly not useful directly for
developers, but everyone writing audio software should know most (or at
least a good chunk) of what is in there.
What are the recommended books to read for people
new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I found
these 2:
Computer Music Tutorial
by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
A misnamed classic. It's no tutorial, but it is crammed with
information. However, it's not really targeted to developers. 
10:15 a.m.
I would also recommend
Introduction to Sound Processing
by Davide Rocchesso (2003, 236 pages)
It is less know than your 2 references but still is very good.
It is not targeted to developers but cover your requirements
and other sound processing related subjects (plus some useful
mathematical fundamentals) As for coding there are some Matlab
examples.
This book has also the great advantage to be published under a Creative
Commons Attribution Share-Alike license and can be downloaded for free
at:
http://profs.sci.univr.it/~rocchess/htmls/corsi/SoundProcessing/SoundProces…
You should [0] also be able to order a printed version on the publisher
website:
http://www.mondo-estremo.com/publications/publications/public.html
damien
[0] But I am not very sure that the publisher is still running.
Otherwise contact the author (his email is in the pdf)
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:47:35 -0500
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Damon Chaplin wrote:
although true, i have to stress that Roads' book was absolutely
pivotal in getting me started. it provides a background, a context, a
way of thinking about the goals. its certainly not useful directly for
developers, but everyone writing audio software should know most (or
at least a good chunk) of what is in there.
What are the recommended books to read for people
new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I
found these 2:
Computer Music Tutorial
by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
A misnamed classic. It's no tutorial, but it is crammed with
information. However, it's not really targeted to developers. 
10:21 a.m.
Damon Chaplin wrote:
Hi,
What are the recommended books to read for people new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
I guess you know
http://musicdsp.org/
which has tons of examples for concrete tasks like oscillators and
filters, often in a portable way, read pure c or c++ so it helps you on
every OS.
Cheers,
Malte
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10:55 a.m.
I would also recommend "The Science of Musical Sound" by John Pierce.
it only has a bit of material about computer music, and that is pretty
light and pretty dated, but otherwise it's GREAT background for
thinking about how sound works.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 12:05:53PM +0000, Damon Chaplin wrote:
Hi,
What are the recommended books to read for people new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I found
these 2:
Computer Music Tutorial
by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages)
Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance
by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse (1997, 480 pages)
Though they seem quite old. Is there anything newer or better?
I guess for Linux-specific issues you have to read the docs/source for
things like ALSA, Jack, LADSPA/LV2, DSSI & LASH.
Damon
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http://www.slinkp.com
11:04 a.m.
Paul Winkler wrote:
I would also recommend "The Science of Musical
Sound" by John Pierce.
it only has a bit of material about computer music, and that is pretty
light and pretty dated, but otherwise it's GREAT background for
thinking about how sound works.
Thanks for the reminder, Paul. I agree, it's a fine book. Recommended.
Best,
dp
7:40 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 16, 2007 at 09:54:37AM -0500, Paul Winkler wrote:
I would also recommend "The Science of Musical
Sound" by John Pierce.
it only has a bit of material about computer music, and that is pretty
light and pretty dated, but otherwise it's GREAT background for
thinking about how sound works.
Ditto "Recording Studio Design" by Philip Newell.
John
11:39 a.m.
On 1/16/07, Damon Chaplin <damon(a)karuna.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
What are the recommended books to read for people new to audio
development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects
processing and basic acoustics stuff.)
Try MIller Puckette's free book "Theory and Techniques of Electronic
Music".
It's pretty high-level and a bit pure-data centric, but it's an excellent
introduction.
See http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm
Tom
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12:05 p.m.
Nice to see this list of recommended books growing. I'd like
to add
F. Richard Moore, Elements of Computer Music
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Computer-Music-Richard-Moore/dp/0132525526
(the 1 customor review sums it up pretty well)
and
Musical Signal Processing, 1997 Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers
(it seems at the moment only the hardback is available on amazon,
which makes it a bit expensive...)
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12:19 p.m.
Hallo,
Maarten de Boer hat gesagt: // Maarten de Boer wrote:
Nice to see this list of recommended books growing.
I'd like
to add
F. Richard Moore, Elements of Computer Music
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Computer-Music-Richard-Moore/dp/0132525526
(the 1 customor review sums it up pretty well)
I'll definitely second that one. It's still the bomb!
Ciao
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