Electronic and computer music
Başlık:
Electronic and computer music
Yazar:
Manning, Peter, 1948-
ISBN:
9780199986439
Yazar Ek Girişi:
Basım Bilgisi:
Fourth edition.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (xii, 543 pages) : illustrations.
İçerik:
The background to 1945 -- Developments from 1945 to 1960 : Paris and Musique Concrète ; Cologne and Elektronische Musik ; Milan and elsewhere in Europe ; America -- New Horizons in electronic design : The voltage-controlled synthesizer -- The electronic repertory from 1960 : Works for tape ; Live electronic music ; Rock and pop electronic music -- The digital revolution to 1980 : The foundations of computer music ; From computer technology to musical creativity ; The microprocessor revolution -- Digital audio : The characteristics of digital audio -- MIDI : The development of the MIDI communications protocol ; From analog to digital: the evolution of MIDI hardware ; From microcomputer to music computer: the MIDI perspective ; Further advances in hardware design ; The changing fortunes of the MIDI manufacturing sector -- Desktop synthesis and signal processing : From minicomputer to advanced computer workstation ; The personal computer ; The digital audio workstation ; Laptop music and related activities ; Synthesis, signal processing, and spatialization ; Performance controllers: evolution and change -- Global networking : the internet ; Conclusion.
Özet:
In this new edition of the classic text on the evolution of electronic music, Peter Manning extends the definitive account of the medium from its birth to include key developments from the dawn of the 21st century to the present day. The scope of the many developments that have taken place since the late 1990s are considered in a series of new and updated chapters, including topics such as the development of the digital audio workstation, laptop music, the Internet, and the emergence of new performance interfaces. Emphasizing the functional characteristics of emerging technologies and their influence on the creative development of the medium, Manning covers key developments in both commercial and the non-commercial sectors to provide readers with the most comprehensive resource available on the evolution of this ever-expanding area of creativity.
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