It is also very useful for many aspects of multimedia students who go beyond the simple web/CD-ROM type courses out there.

This book should perhaps be teamed up with the JOhn Watkinson books on digital audio and related systems for a more detailed technical coverage if required, and also the Focal Press music technology series including the excellent Andy Hunt and Ross Kirk book in this series.


Really a great book!   December 21, 1999
 1 out of 7 found this review helpful

I have used this book for my electronic engineer thesis. I found it quite useful also for my work (I develope Sound Library for videogames) Stefano Chiappa


Fantastic   November 9, 1999
 10 out of 11 found this review helpful

This a great book. You certainly get your money's worth here. When the book lands on your doorstep, you'll know instantly why you paid for it. The book is full of information that you need to know about computer music. Although there is a lot of technical information on here, it is explained very clearly, and sometimes you can skip the mathematical theories. It is a great point to start a dissertation from. If there is something that you want to explore further which is not in the book, then you can always go to the 100+ page bibliography at the back. Overall it is a great book and is very clearly laid out and explained.


Buy this Computer Music book!   March 17, 1999
 1 out of 7 found this review helpful

If you can get only one book on the multiverse of Computer Music, this be it.

Curtis Roads Rocks!


"tutorial" in a sense   March 1, 1999
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Just a brief note -- this isn't a "tutorial" in the sense that the word has taken on in computer circles in the past few years -- i.e., "here's how to do some simple things without really understanding how you're doing them, because you're too much of a doof to read the real documentation". I say this because I don't want anyone expecting such a thing for computer music to be disappointed by this excellent book -- so don't expect example C code on how to parse MIDI in here!

However, this is a tutorial in the older sense of being a work that aims to instruct you in a particular subject. And that it does very well!