On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Scott Kellogg wrote:
> There are various products (Reaktor, Nord Modular, MAX/MSP) that would be
> suited to this task, but I would like to understand what is happening at a
> very low level and have that inform my creative process.
>
> Is anyone on this list doing this sort of thing? I would love to hear from
> you.
It depends what you mean by low-level. If you're completely new
and don't know that the term "Butterworth second-order IIR filter" means
yet, then I'd suggest starting with these books as an overview:
_The Computer Music Tutorial_ by Curtis Roads:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262680823
_Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance_ by
Charles Dodge and Thomas A. Jerse:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0028646827
When you're ready to start DSP programming, I'd start with
_Understanding Digital Signal Processing_ by Richard G. Lyons:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201634678
If that's not low-level enough for you then check out the book
reviews from the music-dsp list. Hopefully, you'll find something else
that you like:
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~glmrboy/musicdsp/dspbooks.html
You are aware that Reaktor, Nord Modular, and MAX/MSP are
commercial programs that AFAIK aren't available for Linux, aren't you?
There are alternatives available (that include source code for your
low-level exploration). These alternatives are...
Csound:
http://www.csounds.com
jMax:
http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel/jmax/en/index.html
PD:
http://www.pure-data.org/
sfront:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/sa/sfman/index.html
Hope you find this information helpful.
-- Kevin Conder, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
