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Enter the world of computer-aided composition. It is easy with Phil Winsor’s Computer Composer’s Toolbox. Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are a musician hoping to see what the computer can do for you or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, Computer Composer’s Toolbox has something to offer. More than 100 ready-to-use subroutines are included to illuminate key concepts throughout the book.
Included are:
- Instructions for programming in BASIC—perfect if you are a musician or music student just getting acquainted with computers
- A beginning course in musical composition, showing in detail how to create a variety of sounds with the computer
- Insights into contemporary trends in both music composition and computerized sound
- A practical, hands-on library of 117 music music-generating subroutines, with descriptions of the results you can expect from them
- Actual program modules that you can use as models or even plug into your own compositions immediately
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Utilities
- Part 2: Series and Motive Operations
- Part 3: Probability Distribution Functions
- Part 4: Sorting and Searching
- Part 5: Sound/Text Composition
- Part 6: General Composition