| I bought Roads' _The Computer Music Tutorial_ in the fall, and was EXTREMELY
disappointed. It does touch on everything, but for sound synthesis, gives
overly wordy yet incomplete explanations and almost no examples or models that
are easily implementable. Say bye bye, $100, and Godspeed.
Brandon Nelson
Ruston, Paul wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend one of the previously suggested books over the
> others:
>
> I found a copy of The Computer Music Tutorial by Roads for about $54.00
> u.s. ($76 canadian - scary exchange rate, eh?) or I can order Computer
> Music: Synthesis, Composition and Performance by Dodge, Charles, etc.
> for $42 u.s. and the same book store can order Elements of Computer
> Music by Moore for $65 u.s.. This last book, which seems to be in high
> demand is listed on the stores computer as being in print but apparently
> this does not guarentee that it actually is - trying to order it is the
> only way to verify for sure.
>
> I'm hesitant to pick up The Computer Music Tutorial as it consciously
> minimizes the mathematical content for mathematically challenged
> musicians like myself, but I'm working to improve my math skills and
> don't want to be frustrated later by incomplete models and
> explainations, etc.
>
> Any opinions? If I do confirm that Elements... is indeed in print, I'll
> be certain to notify you all. The book store I'm dealing with is
> 'Chapters' in Toronto, Canada for anyone concerned.
>
> Thanks, Paul Ruston
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: pete moss [SMTP:kaeru@flash.net]
> >Sent: June 23, 1998 3:58 PM
> >To: herremar@pilot.msu.edu
> >Cc: csound@noether.ex.ac.uk
> >Subject: Re: re_books
> >
> >i would bet that ucsd has this book available, as moore is dean of music
> >there
> >or something.
> >
> >pete
> >
> >
> >
> >herremar@pilot.msu.edu wrote:
> >
> >> >Moore's book (Elements of Computer Music, see previous mail) seems to
> >> >be out of print. I'm trying myself to find a copy for our library.
> >> >Perhaps we should start nagging Prentice Hall for a reprint?
> >>
> >> it was the bookstore at either uc san diego or at stanford that told me
> >> they had this in stock. my local retailers have given me the impression
> >> that they could order it. i'm hesitating only because soft cover is
> >>$64.00.
> >>
> >> rh
> >>
> >> Ron Herrema
> >> http://pilot.msu.edu/user/herremar/
> >>
> >> Here's to the was you been,
> >> to the is you in,
> >> to what's deep in deep,
> >> to what's down in down,
> >> to the lost and the blind
> >> and the almost found.
> >>
> >> - Sekou Sundiata, The Blue Oneness of Dreams
> >
> >
> >
> > |