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Music and Acoustics

From Instrument to Computer

Philippe Guillaume editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:17th Oct '06

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How can a piano tuner obtain such high precision with no other measuring device than their own ears? How can a sequence of notes seem to rise continuously despite coming back periodically to the same notes? What are the possibilities and the limits of digital sound? These are a few examples of questions that are discussed in this book, which presents an overview on the nature of musical sounds, from their production by acoustic music instruments to synthesized sounds obtained with computers.
The topics that are treated include sound propagation, Fourier and time-frequency analysis, psychoacoustics, analog and digital signal processing theory, computer science and MP3 sound compression, and of course... music!

ISBN: 9781905209262

Dimensions: 243mm x 163mm x 16mm

Weight: 431g

199 pages