Music and acoustics : from instrument to computer /
By: Guillaume, Philippe.
Publisher: London ; Newport Beach, CA : ISTE, 2006Description: 199 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781905209262; 9781905209262:; 1905209266.Subject(s): Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques | Electronic musical instruments | Musical instruments | Music -- Acoustics and physics | Computer sound processingDDC classification: 781.23Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 781.23 GUI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0074239 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-192) and index.
Sounds -- Music Instruments -- Scales and Temperaments -- Psychoacoustics -- Digital sound -- Synthesis and Sound Effects.
Presents an overview on the nature of musical sounds, from their production by acoustic music instruments to synthesized sounds obtained with computers. The topics that are treated include sound propagation, Fourier and time-frequency analysis, analogue and digital signal processing theory, computer science and MP3 sound compression, and music.