In a message dated 5/15/2002 12:24:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, catharsis@egregious.net writes:


>i've been doing a lot of experimentation with synthesis for a long time
>now, and i've even done some composing/performing of computer music.  the
>problem is that i keep running into walls while trying to programme my own
>composition systems, and i think it's because i don't have the background
>in music theory/synthesis theory that i need to really get into this
>stuff.. so my question is, can anybody recommend a good all encompassing
>book that will help me get the information i need?


Even though it is for a different program, R. Boulange's The CSound Book (also from MIT press) has a lot of very usefull ideas that are easily translated to Pd.

-Joe Harchanko