| #163299 in eBooks | 2004-08-20 | 2004-08-20 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Coming out of a neglected field of study only makes this book more impressive.|By thomas|This is probably the best (and one of the only) books that delves into particle sound synthesis. If you have a passing interest in eclectic composition or audio programming, you'll want this book.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Buy it, read it|||The 'final frontier' of computer music is undoubtedly microsound -- the quantum level of acoustics -- and Curtis Roads boldly leads us into this new domain, which will become increasingly important in the twenty-first century.
Below the level of the musical note lies the realm of microsound, of sound particles lasting less than one-tenth of a second. Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building blocks of music -- notes and their intervals -- into a more fluid and supple medium. The sensations of point, pulse (series of points), line (tone), and surface (texture) emerge as particle density increases. Sounds coa...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Microsound (MIT Press) | Curtis Roads. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
