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particle/atom models of sound



hello
here is a great link for some cool PC audio shareware programs:
http://shoko.calarts.edu/~bcassidy/CompMusPC/index.html

the term 'microsound' was termed by Curtis Roads and has to do with the
concept of dealing with sound on an 'atomic' (ie: grain-based)
level...instead of digital audio being dealt with as a continuous stream of
data it is broken up into small >100mS gaussian enveloped (triangle works
too) grains...Mr Roads is working on a book dealing with atomic or particle
sound models and is planned to be published later this year...the name for
this list was inspired by a lecture I attended by Mr Roads at CNMAT last
July...and if you haven't heard any of his music, a trip to
http://www.emf.org should turn up some CD's containing his work and they
are HIGHLY recommended...he is one of the most amazing computer music
composers and unfortunately one of the most overlooked...

KIM