COSC 4P98 : Recommended books
- Who is Fourier? A Mathematical Adventure
Transnational College of LEX, Language Research Found., 1998. ISBN 0-9643504-0-8.
- The Computer Music Tutorial
Curtis Roads, MIT Press, 1996. ISBN 0-262-68082-3.
: A comprehensive reference of computer music technology. Find it on sale!
- Computer Sound Design (2e), E.R. Miranda, Focal Press, 1998, ISBN 0-201-51693-1
Good introduction to audio technology and computer music.
- Composing Music with Computers, E.R. Miranda, Focal Press, 2001, ISBN 0240515676.
An introduction to algorithmic composition.
- The Audio Programming Book, R. Boulanger and V. Lazzarini (eds), MIT Press, 2010, ISBN 0262014467.
Comprehensive book covering audio programming. Even more content on the bundled DVD.
- Principles of Digital Audio (6e)
Ken C. Pohlmann, McGraw-Hill, 2000. ISBN 9780071663465.
: One of the best books available on digital audio technology.
- Digital Signal Processing Demystified
James D. Broesch, LLH Technology Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-878707-16-7.
: An accessible introduction to DSP. Although portions of it presume some background in
electrical engineering, the discussion of the discrete Fourier
transform is instructive and intuitive. Out of print.
- A Programmer's Guide to Sound, T. Kientzle, Addison Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-41972-6
Very useful for any audio coding, and especially audio file formats. Out of print.
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Music and Connectionism
P.M. Todd and D.G. Loy (eds.), MIT Press, 1991. ISBN 0262200813.
: Music and neural networks.
- Digital Signal Processing Primer
Ken Steiglitz, Prentice Hall, 1996. ISBN 0805316841.
: A more technical and comprehensive introduction to DSP than
Broesch. Out of print.
- The Csound Book
R. Boulanger (ed.), MIT Press, 2000. ISBN 0262522616.
: This book is a must-have for anyone interested in computer music, digital
audio, and CSound. The CD-ROMs have an additional book's worth of chapters,
as well as data, applications, and other resources. A bargain for the price.
I especially recommend this book if you want to do any CSound seminar or
project.
- The SuperCollider Book, S. Wilson, D. Cottle, N. Collins (eds),
MIT Press, 2011, ISBN 0262232693.
Bible for SuperCollider music language.
- The Science of Sound (3e)
Rossing, Moor and Wheeler, Addison-Wesley, 2002. ISBN 0-8053-8565-7.
- Microsound
Curtis Roads, MIT Press, 2002. ISBN 0262182157.
: The bible on granular synthesis technology, by one of the
main developers in the field. Includes CD ROM with software.
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Digital Signal Processing: a Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists
Steven W. Smith, California Technical Publishing, 2002. ISBN 075067444X.
: A comprehensive and accessible book on DSP. Download entire book for free from the www.dspguide.com.
- Circuit-Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments
Reed Ghazala, Wiley, 2005. ISBN 978-0764588877.
: Take old electronic toys and instruments, and modify them into exciting and scary new incarnations. Wacked!
- Designing Audio Effect Plugins in C++ (2e)
Will C. Pirkle, Routledge, 2019. ISBN 978-1138591936.
: One of the few books on VST plugin development available.
- Getting Started with JUCE
M. Robinson, Packt Pub., 2013. ISBN 978-1783283316.
: JUCE is becoming the "go to" library for audio and music application development.
- The New Turing Omnibus
A.K. Dewdney, Holt Paperbacks, 1993. ISBN 978-0805071665.
: Not exactly a music/audio book, but should in every computer scientist's library.