(Seconda Edizione aggiornata a Max 6) Il primo testo su sintesi ed elaborazione del suono con MaxMSP. Piu di 500 pagine su sintesi, elaborazione del suono e programmazione MaxMSP, esempi interattivi, centinaia di esempi, supporti online, test, attivita di reverse engineering, di completamento, correzione e analisi di algoritmi, sostituzione di parti di algoritmi, ecc. E un sistema didattico organico in tre volumi e una parte online che sviluppa una concezione aperta e interattiva dell'insegnamento e dell'apprendimento della musica elettronica e del sound design.

Il secondo volume di un'opera fondamentale dedicata alla sintesi e alla elaborazione del suono con Max e MSP. Il presente volume composto da pi di 650 pagine su sintesi, elaborazione del suono e programmazione Max, esempi sonori e interattivi, centinaia di patch, supporti online, test, attivit di reverse engineering, ecc. Include inoltre un esteso capitolo su Max for Live, un'applicazione con cui possibile creare plug-in per il software Ableton Live. un sistema didattico organico in tre volumi e una parte online che sviluppa una concezione aperta e interattiva dell'insegnamento e dell'apprendimento della musica elettronica e del sound design.

Why don't Guitar Hero players just pick up real guitars? What happens when millions of people play the role of a young black gang member in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? How are YouTube-based music lessons changing the nature of amateur musicianship? This book is about play, performance, and participatory culture in the digital age. Miller shows how video games and social media are bridging virtual and visceral experience, creating dispersed communities who forge meaningful connections by "playing along" with popular culture. Playing Along reveals how digital media are brought to bear in the transmission of embodied knowledge: how a Grand Theft Auto player uses a virtual radio to hear with her avatar's ears; how a Guitar Hero player channels the experience of a live rock performer; and how a beginning guitar student translates a two-dimensional, pre-recorded online music lesson into three-dimensional physical practice and an intimate relationship with a distant teacher. Through a series of engaging ethnographic case studies, Miller demonstrates that our everyday experiences with interactive digital media are gradually transforming our understanding of musicality, creativity, play, and participation.

CSound per PC e MACTeoria e pratica della sintesi e dell'elaborazione del suono attraverso CsoundSeconda edizione riveduta e ampliataCSound: come funziona Sintesi additiva Sintesi sottrattiva Diagrammi di flusso Stereo e segnali di controllo, vibrato, tremolo, suono in 3D Audio digitale I suoni campionati e la loro elaborazione Analisi e risintesi Uso di files MIDI Controlli MIDI e tempo reale AM e ring modulation Modulazione di frequenza (FM) Variabili globali, eco, riverbero, chorus, flanger, phaser, convoluzione Sintesi per distorsione non lineare (DNL) e sintesi vettoriale Sintesi granulare e sintesi per formanti La sintesi per modelli fisici Csound come linguaggio di programmazione Lista degli Opcode Messaggi di Errore e di Avvertimento di Csound Siti Internet

Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models confined to university laboratories to the development of musical synthesis software that runs on tablet computers and portable media devices.
Throughout its history, the synthesizer has always been at the forefront of technology for the arts. In The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument, veteran music technology journalist, educator, and performer Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound generation, musical control, and composition made with instruments that may have become best sellers or gone entirely unnoticed; and the basics and intricacies of acoustics and synthesized sound. Vail also describes how to successfully select, program, and play a synthesizer; what alternative controllers exist for creating electronic music; and how to stay focused and productive when faced with a room full of instruments. This one-stop reference guide on all things synthesizer also offers tips on encouraging creativity, layering sounds, performance, composing and recording for film and television, and much more.

Video games open portals into fantastical worlds where imaginative play prevails. The virtual medium seemingly provides us with ample opportunities to behave and act out with relative safety and impunity. Or does it? Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of our engagements with gaming's audio phenomena-from sonic violence to synthesized operas, from democratic music-making to vocal sexual harassment. Author William Cheng shows how the simulated environments of games empower designers, composers, players, and scholars to test and tinker with music, noise, speech, and silence in ways that might not be prudent or possible in the real world. In negotiating utopian and alarmist stereotypes of video games, Sound Play synthesizes insights from across musicology, sociology, anthropology, communications, literary theory, and philosophy. With case studies that span Final Fantasy VI, Silent Hill, Fallout 3, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Team Fortress 2, this book insists that what we do in there-in the safe, sound spaces of games-can ultimately teach us a great deal about who we are and what we value (musically, culturally, humanly) out here.

This book is built on recipes written in an easy-to-follow manner accompanied by diagrams and crucial insights and knowledge on what they mean in the real world. This book is ideal for musicians and producers who want to take their music creation skills to the next level, learn tips and tricks, and understand the key elements and nuances in building inspirational music. It's good to have some knowledge about music production, but if you have creativity and a good pair of ears, you are already ahead of the curve and well on your way.