FS: Electronic Music Books
Bright Boy
jdec at mindspring.com
Tue Jun 29 00:11:07 CEST 1999
Hey Gang!
The following is a current list of books that I have available
for sale:
(1) FM Theory & Applications -- by Musicians for Musicians
By Dr. John Chowning & David Bristow (Yamaha)
195 Pages, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, MINT! condition
Everything you wanted to know about FM Synthesis
straight from the creators of the DX-7. Comes with
the hard-to-find errata addendum sheet.
Price = $40.00 US (Includes US Postal Priority Shipping)
(2) The Source - Book of Patching & Programming
By Polyphony Magazine, 1978
124 Pages, Softcover, Near Mint condition
This book contains reader submitted modular patch
diagrams, many featuring module numbers from the
PAIA 27xx and 47xx modular systems. Each patch
contains plenty of supplemental and explainatory
text. As always, these patch diagrams are applicable
to any modular setup (Doepfer, Nord, MOdCAN, MOTM, etc)
Price = $25.00 US (Includes US Postal Priority Shipping)
(3) Twentieth Century Music by H.H. Stuckenschmidt
256 Pages, Softcover, 1976, VG+ condition
This book contains a fair amount of information on
our musique concrete founding fathers (Boulez, Cage,
Stockhausen, etc) The following is a chapter list:
1. Romanticism and Anti-Romanticism
2. Emancipation
3. Noise and Timbre
4. Simultaneity
5. New Means of Organization
6. Revisions and Reversions
7. The Music of Commitment
8. Folk Music and Exotic Music
9. Technical Sound Material
10. Mathematics - For and Against
11. Years of Experiment
12. Consolidation
Price = $11.00 US (Includes US Postal Priority Shipping)
(4) Musical Applications of Microprocessors
By Hal Chamberlin
802 Pages, 2nd Edition, Hardcover, Dust Jacket, MINT!
Here's a chapter list of this long out-of-print classic:
1. Music Synthesis Principles
2. Sound Modification Methods
3. Voltage Control Methods
4. Direct Computer Synthesis Methods
5. Microprocessors
6. Basic Analog Modules (VCO, VCA, VCF)
7. D/A & A/D Converters
8. Signal Routing
9. Organ Keyboard Interface
10. Other Input Methods
11. Control Sequence Display & Editing
12. D/A & A/D Conversion of Audio
13. Digital Tone Generation Techniques
14. Digital Filtering
15. Percussive Sound Generation
16. Source-Signal Analysis
17. Digital Hardware
18. Music Synthesis Software
19. Some Real Applications
20. Low-Cost Synthesis Techniques
21. The Future
Price = $58.00 US (Includes US Postal Priority Shipping)
As usual, payment must be sent in advance in the form of a
US Postal MONEY ORDER. Once the payment arrives, I will send you
an email confirming that the book has been shipped.
Please contact me for pricing and payment info if you live outside
of the USA.
Cheers,
Jeff R. Dec
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