At 02:53 PM 5/15/2002 -0400, you wrote:

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?

This may be a no brainer, but if you don't have Curtis Roads' Computer Music Tutorial it is worth checking out. Also, his new one Microsound is a pertinent read. Both of these books cover a decent horizontal area and can be found through MIT Press. Another book worth checking into is Musical Signal Processing (edited by Curtis Roads + others). Try the Swets web site... www.swets.nl Outside of these perhaps some DSP books would be appropriate to look into.

I am just getting around to checking out PD. I have been meaning to for a while. I have yet to dig into it... ;) I didn't see a digest version of this email list when signing up; is there one?

Best, --Mike

Egregious "Spiritual renewal through music for those outside the heard." http://www.egregious.net/