I found Edwardo Miranda's book to be a great intro to a wide range of techniques and concepts, including a taste of Eduardo's special areas of interest (cellular automata and alife etc.).
I'd recommend it for someone who's just starting out, or for a shorter time-scale course book where the other mighty tomes mentioned in the list might scare people (and cause back problems if they have other books to carry around too!). Good to read on the train. I'm using it to help me build up courage to read Curtis Roads' book next. :)
I'm just starting to dive into Miller's .pdf book and am enjoying it too.
Rod.
Rodney Berry ATR Media Information Science Laboratories Kyoto Japan http://www.mis.atr.jp/~rodney Ph: +81-774-95-1449 Fax: +81-774-95-1408
-----Original Message----- From: pd-list-admin@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-admin@iem.at] On Behalf Of Michael Berkowski Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:10 AM To: pd-list@iem.at Cc: pdman@aproximation.org Subject: [PD] Re: Synthesizer Methods Book
Greetings,
In addition to the Computer Music Tutorial mentioned earlier, I would recommend
Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance by; Charles Dodge http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0028646827/ref=pd_sim_b_3/104- 8250174-4845556?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
and Computer Sound Design: Synthesis Techniques and Programming; by Eduardo Miranda. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0240516931/ref=pd_sim_b_6/104- 8250174-4845556?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
Roads is a perhaps bit more comprehensive than either of these, as it includes a great deal more historical information in addition to the technical, but a search back through the list archives for these titles/authors should reveal some debate over the strengths of each. (Maybe not Miranda. I don't remember much mention of his book, but Dodge and Roads have been discussed many times.) All make great gifts.
Take care,
Michael Berkowski michael@berkowski.net http://www.berkowski.net/
Message: 11 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 10:42:48 -0700 To: "thelist" pd-list@iem.kug.ac.at From: "thewade" pdman@aproximation.org Subject: [PD] Synthesizer methods book
Hello,
I am putting togeather a wish list for x-mass, and I wanted to add a good synthesizer methods book to the list. I remember a few titles coming through the list a while ago, but I cant find thoes emails now.
Does anyone know of some good titles I can get in the real world (Millers book is just online, right)?
Thanks, -thewade
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