The Art and technique of electroacoustic music
By: Peter Elsea
Series: Computer Music & Digital Audio -- Volume 26; Computer music and digital audio series -- v. 26.
Publisher: A-R Editions
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Middleton, Wisconsin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9780895797414
Subjects: Electronic music; Instruction and study; Computer music
Description: "Electroacoustic music is now in the mainstream of music, pervading all styles from the avant-garde to pop. Even classical works are routinely scored on a computer and a synthesized demo is a powerful tool for previewing a piece. The fundamental skills of electroacoustic composition are now as essential to a music student as ear training and counterpoint. 'The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music' provides a detailed approach those fundamental skills. In this book Peter Elsea explores the topic from the fundamentals of acoustics through the basics of recording, composition with the tools of music concreté, and music production with MIDI instruments, softsynths and digital audio Workstations. Later sections of the book cover synthesis in depth and introduce high powered computer composition languages including Csound, ChucK, and Max/MSP. A final section presents the challenges and techniques of live performance. This book can be used as a text for undergraduate courses and also as a guide for self-learning" --
Notes: 'This DVD contains example files for The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music by Peter Elsea, Computer Music and Digital Audio Series, vol. 26 (2013).

Includes index

Electroacoustic music is found in all genres of music, from pop to the avant-garde. It is important for music students to understand the fundamental skills involved in this art. This book looks at various aspects, including the basics of audio and recording, MISI, synthesis, composing, live performance, and more. With a preface, bibliography, appendix, and index. Figures.

"This DVD contains example files for The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music by Peter Elsea, Computer Music and Digital Audio Series, vol. 26 (2013).  Some of these files (especially the movies) are large and will not play otimally from the disk. Copy those files to an internal drive to play.  Audio examples have the extension .aif and may be played from the desktop or opened in almost any audio editing program. All audion files are all 16 bit at 44.1 kHz sampling rate.  If possible, listen to the examples with an editor that allows you to zoom in on the waveforms. One possibiled editor is Audacity (available at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)   Movie examples are Quicktime movie files with the extension .mov. If they will not play on a Windows machine, please obtain QuickTime Player for Windows or iTunes from the Apple website. They can be found quickly by going to http://support.apple.com and entering windows quicktime in the search box.  Files with the extension .maxpat are Max/MSP patches. To run these go to http://www.cycling74.com and download the trial version of Max 6.  These materials are copyright 2013 by Peter Elsea and A-R Editions, Inc. (www.areditions.com).  Under"fair use," the contents of this disc may be used in conjunction with the text as the sources for selected exercises, study materials, and for classroom demonstrations.  For other uses, please contact A-R Editions, Inc." -- from DVD

Bibliography : pages 489-491.