Creating Sounds from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers

Andrea Pejrolo

ISBN 10: 019992189X / ISBN 13: 9780199921898

Editore: Oxford University Press Inc, 2017

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Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers to effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds from scratch. Num Pages: 352 pages, 472 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRS; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 953. . 2017. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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• Titolo: Creating Sounds from Scratch: A Practical Guide to Music Synthesis for Producers and Composers
• Editore: Oxford University Press Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 019992189X
• ISBN 13: 9780199921898
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Edizione: prima edizione
• Condizione: New

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Riassunto

Creating Sounds from Scratch is a practical, in-depth resource on the most common forms of music synthesis. It includes historical context, an overview of concepts in sound and hearing, and practical training examples to help sound designers and electronic music producers to effectively manipulate presets and create new sounds from scratch.

The book covers the all of the main main synthesis techniques including analog subtractive, FM, additive, physical modeling, wavetable, sample-based, and granular. While the book is grounded in theory, it relies on practical examples and contemporary production techniques to illustrate how the reader can utilize electronic sound design to maximize and improve his/her work.

Creating Sounds from Scratch is ideal for all who work in sound creation, composition, editing, and contemporary commercial production.

Informazioni sull?autore

Andrea Pejrolo is Chair of the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He is the author of Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production (Focal Press, 2005, Second Edition 2011) and Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer (Focal Press, 2007). Scott Metcalfe is Director of Recording Arts and Sciences at the Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University.