- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- About the Companion Web Site
- 1 The Background to 1945
- 2 Paris and <i>Musique Concrète</i>
- 3 Cologne and <i>Elektronische Musik</i>
- 4 Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
- 5 America
- 6 The Voltage‐Controlled Synthesizer
- 7 Works for Tape
- 8 Live Electronic Music
- 9 Rock and Pop Electronic Music
- 10 The Foundations of Computer Music
- 11 From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity
- 12 The Microprocessor Revolution
- 13 The Characteristics of Digital Audio
- 14 The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol
- 15 From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware
- 16 From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Perspective
- 17 Further Advances in Hardware Design
- 18 The Changing Fortunes of the MIDI Manufacturing Sector
- 19 From Minicomputer to Advanced Computer Workstation
- 20 The Personal Computer
- 21 The Digital Audio Workstation
- 22 Laptop Music and Related Activities
- 23 Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- 24 Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- 25 The Internet
- 26 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- Chapter:
- (p.430) 23 Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- Source:
- Electronic and Computer Music
- Author(s):
Peter Manning
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The development of synthesis and signal processing software since the late 1990s, facilitated by the exponential growth in the power and versatility of the associated hardware, has materially transformed the opportunities for exploring the medium of computer music during the early part of the 21st century. Although the foundations for these developments had been clearly established by the end of the last century, the true extent and significance of what was to follow could not have been fully anticipated, not least in terms of the resulting empowerment of the individual, working without the enhanced support of a research institution. This important shift in the locus of activity has opened up new perspectives for the future development of the medium, and these form an integral part of the critique that emerges from this chapter.
Keywords: Chapter keywords: multichannel, signal processing, synthesis, spatialization
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Preface
- Illustrations
- About the Companion Web Site
- 1 The Background to 1945
- 2 Paris and <i>Musique Concrète</i>
- 3 Cologne and <i>Elektronische Musik</i>
- 4 Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
- 5 America
- 6 The Voltage‐Controlled Synthesizer
- 7 Works for Tape
- 8 Live Electronic Music
- 9 Rock and Pop Electronic Music
- 10 The Foundations of Computer Music
- 11 From Computer Technology to Musical Creativity
- 12 The Microprocessor Revolution
- 13 The Characteristics of Digital Audio
- 14 The Development of the MIDI Communications Protocol
- 15 From Analog to Digital: The Evolution of MIDI Hardware
- 16 From Microcomputer to Music Computer: The MIDI Perspective
- 17 Further Advances in Hardware Design
- 18 The Changing Fortunes of the MIDI Manufacturing Sector
- 19 From Minicomputer to Advanced Computer Workstation
- 20 The Personal Computer
- 21 The Digital Audio Workstation
- 22 Laptop Music and Related Activities
- 23 Synthesis, Signal Processing, and Spatialization
- 24 Performance Controllers, Evolution and Change
- 25 The Internet
- 26 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
