Musical Instruments - Electronic/Digital, Electronic Keyboards (Synthesizer), Radio Technology - General & Miscellaneous, Acoustics & Sound Technology, Music Software, Music & Sound Effects - Multimedia Technology, Acoustics & Physics of Music, Telephony
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Overview
Sound Synthesis and Sampling' provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying principles and practical techniques applied to both commercial and research sound synthesizers. This new edition has been updated throughout to reflect current needs and practices- revised and placed in a modern context, providing a guide to the theory of sound and sampling in the context of software and hardware that enables sound making. For the revised edition emphasis is on expanding explanations of software and computers, new sections include techniques for making sound physically, sections within analog and digital electronics. Martin Russ is well known and the book praised for its highly readable and non-mathematical approach making the subject accessible to readers starting out on computer music courses or those working in a studio.Audience: Undergraduate students studying music technology, electronics, audio engineering, computing and Tonmeister courses (there are 18,000+ such students in the US). Enthusiasts, musicians and audio engineers. Market size: Sound On Sound magazine (UK) has a circulation of 26,000+ and Remix magazine (US) has a circulation of 60,000+.
Editorials
Booknews
A comprehensive introduction to the common forms of analog and digital sound synthesis in a non-mathematical treatment that even some drummers might understand. Also suitable as an undergraduate textbook for students of music technology, audio engineering, and acoustics. Includes a glossary without pronunciation but with references to further explanation in the text and a section on jargon, often identifying the ten-thousand alternative terms for the same device or phenomena. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.From the Publisher
"This is a very good book on the subject. It is detailed enough for the more interested student and easy enough for the average student."--Lecturer (course: Electronic Music), USA"...provides an excellent technical and historical overview of sound synthesis methods in a non-mathematical way."--Computer Music Journal
Book Details
Published
October 16, 2008
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Pages
568
ISBN
9780080926957