Musical applications of microprocessors

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1. ChuckMcMApr 2019
   There is Hal Chamberlin's Musical Applications of Microprocessors which is a pretty approachable book and has some good background theory, there is also Chowning's FM Synthesis book.
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2. ChuckMcMApr 2014
   There is a great book, "Musical Applications of Microprocessors" [1] which has an excellent treatment of this. In my early experiments the floating point accuracy of 8bit micros was poor enough that even tempered scales were pretty hard to do. That said, the article describes the different techniques exceptionally well.

   [1] http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Applications-Microprocessors-H...

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3. TheOtherHobbesOct 2015
   The first Kurzweil was indeed additive, not sample-based - with hardware designed by Hal Chamberlin, who was famous for the Musical Applications of Microprocessors book.

   The other famous additive synth was the DKI Synergy. It was a preset-only version of the ludicrously expensive Crumar GDS ($27,500), although if hung a Keypro micro off it you could create your own sounds without the GDS.

   The Kawaii additive synths came a lot later.

   The most recent additive outing is Camel's Alchemy, which does additive and other synthesis types. It which was bought by Apple and bundled with Logic Pro 10.2. NI's Razor is also additive, although the programming model is strange.

   Additive can sound amazing but it's incredibly tweaky and time-consuming to program, so most people still prefer subtractive/analog.

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4. jcrJul 2015
   It seems the title is just: "Musical Applications of Microprocessors"

   http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Applications-Microprocessors-H...

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