Hey you all, Just a question I have meant to ask for a long time. I'm looking for good literature (be it e-book or paperback) on Audio DSP, Algorithmic Composition, and perhaps Object Oriented programming. Not being a CS student I am just trying to get into the whole world of Chuck/PD/Reaktor, I do have basic programming skills, but largely feel they are not enough, especially without the understanding of how audio signals work. I have found one book very useful. It is by Miller Puckette - "Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music". It is quite heavy reading though and not much is sinking in I find.... I am particularly interested in how-to use programming techniques to transform algorithms into sound and a reference on what are the basic building blocks of common audio effects or how to create them. For example right now I am trying to replicate a hardware delay I own into a software model so that I can extend the delay time beyond that of the hardware one (for some crazy looping fun), but also I want to set up all sorts of EQ filters on both input and output of the signal and can't quite get my head around doing it in Reaktor even. So this question is mostly for Perry and Ge I guess as they are teaching chuck and such to uni students, but I welcome any responses :) Could someone just give me a list of essential readings (and maybe some of the extended, just in case I want to see things in more detail) to be able to work with ChucK/PD/Reaktor? Thanks a lot in advance, Vassili.
Here are some suggestions: http://www.dspguide.com/pdfbook.htm A DSP primer : with applications to digital audio and computer music by Ken Steiglitz Signal processing first by James H. McClellan, Ronald Schafer and Mark Yoder DAFX : digital audio effects Udo Zölzer, editor Computer music : synthesis, composition, and performance by Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse The Csound book : perspectives in software synthesis, sound design, signal processing, and programming edited by Richard Boulanger HTH, Cheers, Chris Vassili Slessarenko wrote:
Hey you all,
Just a question I have meant to ask for a long time. I'm looking for good literature (be it e-book or paperback) on Audio DSP, Algorithmic Composition, and perhaps Object Oriented programming. Not being a CS student I am just trying to get into the whole world of Chuck/PD/Reaktor, I do have basic programming skills, but largely feel they are not enough, especially without the understanding of how audio signals work.
I have found one book very useful. It is by Miller Puckette - "Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music". It is quite heavy reading though and not much is sinking in I find....
I am particularly interested in how-to use programming techniques to transform algorithms into sound and a reference on what are the basic building blocks of common audio effects or how to create them. For example right now I am trying to replicate a hardware delay I own into a software model so that I can extend the delay time beyond that of the hardware one (for some crazy looping fun), but also I want to set up all sorts of EQ filters on both input and output of the signal and can't quite get my head around doing it in Reaktor even.
So this question is mostly for Perry and Ge I guess as they are teaching chuck and such to uni students, but I welcome any responses :)
Could someone just give me a list of essential readings (and maybe some of the extended, just in case I want to see things in more detail) to be able to work with ChucK/PD/Reaktor?
Thanks a lot in advance,
Vassili.
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Two more Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications by Perry R. Cook http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Synthesis-Interactive-Applications-CD-ROM/ dp/1568811683/sr=8-1/qid=1158064534/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-2422089-0929668? ie=UTF8&s=books Perry, I, and others fully endorse this email and this book! It's practical and example driven, and guides you on a tour and tutorial of the fundamental synthesis techniques in computer music (you can apply and extrapolate what you learn here to just about any system - PD, Reaktor, ChucK, etc.). It clocks in at a friendly thickness (263 pages). It rocks. Read more about it at the amazon product page. Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications by Julius O. Smith http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/filters/ zoom out: http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/pubs.html Super duper online tutorial and reference for filters and more! Best, Ge!
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