Re: [microsound] help for a beginner

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

some pretty heaving reading there for beginners!  

Kyle Klipowicz wrote:

>You may also want to buy a book  or two on the subject.  Computer
>Music by Dodge and Jerse is a good one, as well as The Computer Music
>Tutorial and also Microsound by Curtis Roads.  The Csound book also
>has a lot of nice information for beginners.  It is important to get
>an understanding of discrete sampled systems, since that is how
>computers process sound!
>
>Good luck, and don't be frustrated.  It will take years to master, but
>it is fun and well worth it.
>
>~Kyle
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>On 2/28/06, Jason Hollis <contact@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>I personally do a majority of my non-hardware work with CoolEditPro2 as an
>>audio editor and Fruity Loops 5 (any VST compatible host will do, many of
>>which are free or cheap) as primary loop construction/vst host.  Add a wide
>>variety of free, share, and commercial plug-ins in both vst and dxi format.
>>
>>Some examples, direct from my 'Add' dropdown:
>>
>>anything by ArcDev
>>anything by SmartElectronix
>>dblue Glitch
>>GRM Tools
>>Crazy Ivan
>>Ephonic LoFi
>>anything that uses granular synthesis
>>anything from here:  http://jackdark.net/darkware.html
>>minion
>>Anarchy Effects
>>DiscoDSP
>>Reaktor5 (any version)
>>SupaTrigga
>>velocet vReorder
>>anything that does 'crappy' timestretching
>>
>>Tons more out there.
>>
>>Experiment, go nuts, see what comes out.
>>Export, chop, mutilate, reprocess, integrate.
>>Endless fun. =]
>>
>>Look any of these up here at KVR for explanations and links:
>>http://www.kvraudio.com/
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>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>~ !J!
>>http://www.endif.org
>>http://www.crunchpod.com
>>http://www.thirdwavecollective.com
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>>Subject: [microsound] help for a beginner
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>>Hi to all peoples on the list !
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>>now - here's a simple explanation of a dificult position; I have a very
>>strong wish to get into computer music making (improvised music is my target
>>of interest), and I have absolutely no place to start from...well, maybe I
>>have...I know that I should download MaxMSP first, and then upgrade it with
>>Klaus Filip's lloopp program made specially for improvisation...
>>but to hear it from more experienced folks - is there any relevant site for
>>beginners, some brief explanation for equipment, maybe some tutorials etc
>>etc ??...
>>are there any other programs more suitable for beginners ?...
>>
>>I would appreciate every information of value...
>>*whack*
>>
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