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Composing Music with Computers
Written by an experienced practising musician, researcher and lecturerContains many practical examplesOffers comprehensive explanations of essential methods and techniquesFree CD-ROM contains compositional examples, tutorials and sample software
Composing Music with Computers focuses on the role of the computer as a tool for music composition.
Computers play key roles in several aspects of music making, ranging from the synthesis of complex sounds which are impossible to produce with acoustic musical instruments, to the automatic generation of music.
PUBLISHER COMMENTS:
Miranda firstly introduces some of the most significant approaches to the systematization of music for composition purposes before the advent of the computer. He then examines the concept of algorithmic composition, and discusses a number of ways for implementing and using these techniques. Methods and systems for composing music using programs run on the internet are then surveyed, including the most successful system of its kind available - the Koan package.Other state-of-the-art music composition softwares are introduced, from programming languages specifically designed for implementing algorithmic composition systems, to fully-fledged programs that generate music automatically (eg. Virtual Arranger and CAMUS).Also featured is a free CD-ROM containing examples, complimentary tutorials and a number of composition systems for PC and Macintosh platforms. These range from experimental programs, to demonstration versions, to fully working packages from top research centers worldwide.
Foreword
Preface
Computer music: facing the facts
Preparing the ground
Probabilities, grammars and automata
Neural computation and music
Evolutionary music: breaking new ground
Case studies
Music composition software on the CD-ROM
Appendix I: Excerpt of J. S. Bach's Choral BWV 668
Appendix II: Musical clip
Appendix III: Formant chart
Appendix IV: A primer in Lisp programming
References
CD-ROM Instructions
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