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1. 8bitsruleDec 2024
   Charles Dodge and Thomas A. Jerse, 1997. Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition and Performance. Schirmer Books, New York. 2nd Ed. 455pp. ISBN 0-02-864682-7. {Glossary; Index. 100s of figures, formulas.} Highly recommended.
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2. b3moralesJun 2022
   If you can find a copy of Computer Music by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse, it's a relatively low-math high-practical walkthrough of lots of stuff including filters.
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3. 8bitsruleMay 2021
   "Richard Boulanger" is the C-Sound [0] guy. I mention that because anyone interested in audio programming might want to be familiar with C-sound first. Programming audio in C is way more complex than programming audio in C-sound. Starting from scratch might not be preferable to using a toolkit that's been developed for 35 years! [1]

   A book I thought was great has no code in it, but is FULL of very useful info about audio and computing it. Computer Music by Dodge and Jerse, ISBN 0028646827 (1997) ... a little pricey, might be hard to find, but very hard to beat.

   [0] https://csound.com/

   [1] I haven't seen Richard's book (I'm sure it's great - and I will see it, thanks for the tip) ... he just might be pitching this idea in there!

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4. 8bitsruleFeb 2021
   It's an old, old classic but physicist Hermann von Helmholtz 1851 book (trans. to English 1875) On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music is 'a foundational work on acoustics and the perception of sound' full of basics. E.g. he used physical resonators to do spectral analysis of musical tones. Many physics details hard to find elsewhere. Copies are hard to find, but today it's a download away.[0]

   [0] https://archive.org/details/onsensationsofto00helmrich

   Sethares sounds familiar. A key modern classic is 1985 Charles Dodge, Thomas A. Jerse: "Computer Music : synthesis, composition, and performance". A pricey book new (worth it!) it digs into everything from the basics to the advanced. You will not exhaust it!

   Surprised but, for a limited set of users, this puppy can be accessed online. See the link for the list of topics. [1]

   [1] https://archive.org/details/computermusicsyn0000dodg

   An alternative to the computer is to take a little recorder with a good mike out into the wild and record, the rocks, the insects, the trees, the plants.... and water, the greatest improviser!

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5. krogerOct 2010
   You should go for it. Check out things like csound [1], puredata [2], chuck [3], and supercollider [4]. "Computer Music" by Charles Dodge is a classic book on computer music [5] (oldie but goodie)

   [1] http://www.csounds.com

   [2] http://puredata.info

   [3] http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu

   [4] http://supercollider.sourceforge.net

   [5] http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Synthesis-Composition-P...

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