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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