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

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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