Automated Music Composition

by Phil Winsor

Overview

Whether you’re a musician with no previous experience in computer programming, or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, Automated Music Composition has something to offer.

The book contains BASIC language tutorials for beginning programmers; an overview of computer music applications; a systematic exposition of the principles and techniques of automated music composition; insights into contemporary trends in music and computerized sound; principles of MIDI-interfaced computer/synthesizers; a beginning course in music composition, showing in detail how to create a variety of sounds with the computer; step-by-step instructions for using plug-in-and-play programs; interactive MIDI programs listings ready for immediate use; over 50 BASIC routines for automated composition adapted for MIDI sequencers and synthesizers; numerous examples and programming ideas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780929398389
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	06/01/2000
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

An accomplished musician and Professor of Composition at the University of North Texas, Phil Winsor is Director of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia and a Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts and Sciences, and the author of three other books on computer-assisted music composition.

Editorial Reviews

Written under a research grant from the National Science Council of the Republic of China, this tutorial/reference was first published in 1989, and first printed in the US as this 1992 edition. Coverage includes the fundamentals--an overview, the MIDI interface, algorithm implementation (BASIC programming language), interactive programs--and computer assisted composition procedures with deterministic algorithms and with probabilistic algorithms. Offers guidance for musicians with no previous programming experience and for computer hobbyists interested in music. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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