Musimathics: The Mathematical Foundations of Music by Gareth Loy (English) Paper

Description: Musimathics by Gareth Loy, John Chowning The second volume of a commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music, focusing on the digital and computational domain; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The second volume of a commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music, focusing on the digital and computational domain; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.Volume 2 of Musimathics continues the story of music engineering begun in Volume 1, focusing on the digital and computational domain. Loy goes deeper into the mathematics of music and sound, beginning with digital audio, sampling, and binary numbers, as well as complex numbers and how they simplify representation of musical signals. Chapters cover the Fourier transform, convolution, filtering, resonance, the wave equation, acoustical systems, sound synthesis, the short-time Fourier transform, and the wavelet transform. These subjects provide the theoretical underpinnings of todays music technology. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio.Additional material can be found at http-// second volume of a commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music, focusing on the digital and computational domain; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.Volume 2 of Musimathics continues the story of music engineering begun in Volume 1, focusing on the digital and computational domain. Loy goes deeper into the mathematics of music and sound, beginning with digital audio, sampling, and binary numbers, as well as complex numbers and how they simplify representation of musical signals. Chapters cover the Fourier transform, convolution, filtering, resonance, the wave equation, acoustical systems, sound synthesis, the short-time Fourier transform, and the wavelet transform. These subjects provide the theoretical underpinnings of todays music technology. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio.Additional material can be found at http-// Notes "From his long and successful experience as a composer and computer-music researcher, Gareth Loy knows what is challenging and what is important. That comprehensiveness makes Musimathics both exciting and enlightening. The book is crystal clear, so that even advanced issues appear simple. Musimathics will be essential for those who want to understand the scientific foundations of music, and for anyone wishing to create or process musical sounds with computers." -- Jean-Claude Risset, Laboratoire de Mecanique et dAcoustique, CNRS, France Author Biography Gareth Loy is a musician and award-winning composer. He has published widely and, during a long and successful career at the cutting edge of multimedia computing, has worked as a researcher, lecturer, programmer, software architect, and digital systems engineer. He is President of Gareth, Inc., a provider of software engineering and consulting services internationally. Review "From his long and successful experience as a composer and computer-music researcher, Gareth Loy knows what is challenging and what is important. That comprehensiveness makes Musimathics both exciting and enlightening. The book is crystal clear, so that even advanced issues appear simple. Musimathics will be essential for those who want to understand the scientific foundations of music, and for anyone wishing to create or process musical sounds with computers." -- Jean-Claude Risset, Laboratoire de Mecanique et dAcoustique, CNRS, France Promotional From his long and successful experience as a composer and computer-music researcher, Gareth Loy knows what is challenging and what is important. That comprehensiveness makes Musimathics both exciting and enlightening. The book is crystal clear, so that even advanced issues appear simple. Musimathics will be essential for those who want to understand the scientific foundations of music, and for anyone wishing to create or process musical sounds with computers. -- Jean-Claude Risset, Laboratoire de Mecanique et dAcoustique, CNRS, France Volume 1 of Musimathics is the ideal introduction to the science of musical acoustics and composition theory, and volume 2 succeeds as no other tutorial does in making the theory of computer music and digital signal processing accessible to a broad audience. Loys typically careful treatment leads to a book that combines readability and fun with exhaustive and meticulous coverage of each of the topics he addresses. It can serve equally well as an introduction and as a desk reference for experts. -- Stephen Travis Pope, CREATE Lab, Department of Music, University of California, Santa Barbara Music and mathematics enjoy many points of intersection. Just think of musical scales and number theory, or the impact of computers - both analog and digital - on the composition and creation of musical sounds. The second volume of Musimathics ably covers these and many other instances of this happy union: Fourier and wavelet transforms, natural and artificial reverberation, and much more. -- Manfred Schroeder, Professor of Physics, University of Goettingen Details ISBN026251656X Author John Chowning Language English ISBN-10 026251656X ISBN-13 9780262516563 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint MIT Press Subtitle The Mathematical Foundations of Music Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States DEWEY 781.2 Short Title MUSIMATHICS V02 Audience Age 18 Publication Date 2011-08-19 Affiliation Gareth, Inc. Position President, Gareth, Inc. Series The MIT Press UK Release Date 2011-08-19 AU Release Date 2011-08-19 NZ Release Date 2011-08-19 US Release Date 2011-08-19 Pages 584 Publisher MIT Press Ltd Alternative 9780262122856 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 362 illus.; 362 Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159850752;

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