On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 07:30 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: > Damon Chaplin wrote: > > >What are the recommended books to read for people new to audio > >development? (Covering things like synthesis techniques, effects > >processing and basic acoustics stuff.) > > > >On the bottom of the Documentation section of linux-sound.org I found > >these 2: > > > >Computer Music Tutorial > > by Curtis Roads (1995, 1254 pages) > > > > > A misnamed classic. It's no tutorial, but it is crammed with > information. However, it's not really targeted to developers.
although true, i have to stress that Roads' book was absolutely pivotal in getting me started. it provides a background, a context, a way of thinking about the goals. its certainly not useful directly for developers, but everyone writing audio software should know most (or at least a good chunk) of what is in there.
