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This reminds me to ask, is anyone aware of any beginner-friendly books on audio synthesis? Be it using csound, supercollider, or chuck, just something that expl

by yan 17y ago

This reminds me to ask, is anyone aware of any beginner-friendly books on audio synthesis? Be it using csound, supercollider, or chuck, just something that explains concepts reasonably well.

cesare 17y ago
For SuperCollider there's a book which is not out yet (I have read a draft and found it excellent, especially for beginners) but it should be out soon. You can try to send an email to one of the authors: http://www.music.utah.edu/faculty/faculty_a-z/david_michael_cottle http://www.music.utah.edu/faculty/faculty_a-z/david_michael_... He used to send a pdf of the draft version if you asked him, but since the printed book is due soon (by MIT press) I don't know if this is still true. There's also 'The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music' by Miller Puckette (the author of Pure Data): http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm The examples are, obviously, in Pure Data. But it is an excellent book and all the concepts can be applied to any synthesis language/tool. For Csound there's 'The Csound Book' by Richard Boulanger (MIT Press): http://csounds.com/shop/csound-book http://csounds.com/shop/csound-book This is also excellent. Disclaimer: the author is a friend.
- blasdel 17y ago
  My old roommate was recruited to write one of the chapters (on language internals and his CocoaCollider bridge), but last I heard MIT Press had dropped the project. IIRC it would have been the first supercollider book.
parenthesis 17y ago
I've found this http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Curtis-Roads/dp/0262680823 http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Curtis-Roads/d... book to be an excellent tour of the standard concepts and techniques of computer music (not just synthesis). It is both technical and accessible. Makes an excellent companion to whatever specific tools you choose to use.
- cesare 17y ago
  Of course, I forgot it. It's a classic.

by yan 17y ago

This reminds me to ask, is anyone aware of any beginner-friendly books on audio synthesis? Be it using csound, supercollider, or chuck, just something that explains concepts reasonably well.

cesare 17y ago

For SuperCollider there's a book which is not out yet (I have read a draft and found it excellent, especially for beginners) but it should be out soon. You can try to send an email to one of the authors: http://www.music.utah.edu/faculty/faculty_a-z/david_michael_cottle http://www.music.utah.edu/faculty/faculty_a-z/david_michael_... He used to send a pdf of the draft version if you asked him, but since the printed book is due soon (by MIT press) I don't know if this is still true. There's also 'The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music' by Miller Puckette (the author of Pure Data): http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm The examples are, obviously, in Pure Data. But it is an excellent book and all the concepts can be applied to any synthesis language/tool. For Csound there's 'The Csound Book' by Richard Boulanger (MIT Press): http://csounds.com/shop/csound-book http://csounds.com/shop/csound-book This is also excellent. Disclaimer: the author is a friend.

blasdel 17y ago
My old roommate was recruited to write one of the chapters (on language internals and his CocoaCollider bridge), but last I heard MIT Press had dropped the project. IIRC it would have been the first supercollider book.

parenthesis 17y ago

I've found this http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Curtis-Roads/dp/0262680823 http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Curtis-Roads/d... book to be an excellent tour of the standard concepts and techniques of computer music (not just synthesis). It is both technical and accessible. Makes an excellent companion to whatever specific tools you choose to use.

cesare 17y ago
Of course, I forgot it. It's a classic.