The Csound Book
by Richard Boulanger · first published 2000
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…http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm The examples are, obviously, in Pure Data. But it is an excellent book and all the concepts can be applied to any synthesis language/tool. For Csound there's 'The Csound Book' by Richard Boulanger (MIT Press): http://csounds.com/shop/csound-book This is also excellent. Disclaimer: the author is a friend.
on “Recreating the THX Deep Note - EarSlap” ↗Boulanger and Lazzarini "The Audio Programming Book" - great if you want to start working straight away in C Boulanger - "The Csound Book" (another classic language I still use today) Greenbaum and Barzel - "Audio Anecdotes". A fascinating series of 3 volumes with all sorts of wisdom on FX design, studio systems and composition Wilson,…
on “The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music (2006)” ↗>Boulanger - "The Csound Book" Probably the gold standard for such books, wish all the audio DSLs had a book of such quality. Between it and The Computer Music Tutorial Csound is ahead of the rest when it comes to books. Edit: Was…
on “The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music (2006)” ↗…of plugins and off-the-shelf products that supplant principles and knowledge we so need arts technology books that hold this torch. I still go back to Dodge and Jerse, Curtis Roads CMT, or Boulangers Csound Book when I am feeling a little jaded with music tech, just to find a spark of inspiration that sets off a new idea.
on “Electronic Music: Allen Strange's Classic Book Reissued” ↗…mental/musical personality. It's always a battle not to get over-lost in the tech side at first because that can cramp your creativity ... and even your motivation. Finally, for a DEEP course in EM try The CSound Book. CSound will let you make ~any sound you can conceive ... but it's a heavy lift. (More for studio than live.)
on “Live coding - real time programming to compose, play music or design animations” ↗>I have the book still but the CD is long gone and so is owning a CD rom drive. https://github.com/SamKomesarook/The-Csound-Book
on “The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music (2006)” ↗