Re: [microsound] Algorithmic Composition

[Michael Palace <palace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a book called "Automated music composition" by Phil Winsor that I
would be willing to sell.

Mike


> Hallo,
> Ghost Bunnies hat gesagt: // Ghost Bunnies wrote:
>> I was wondering if anyone could suggest any good mailing lists and/or
>> readings
>> regarding computer-aided algorithmic composition?
>
> E. Miranda "Composing Music with Computer" is a very nice introduction
> to algorithmic composition. It's more "lightweight" than other books
> in that area (e.g. the works by Robert Rowe).
>
>> I'm an artist, not a professional musician, but I'm more and more
>> interested in this particular subject (even started to learn
>> SuperCollider recently), so any suggestions are welcome!
>
> Learning a programming language sure is a nice thing. Which language
> to learn is a very personal decision, though. Unlike the natural
> language, you aren't born into one as a baby and should probably take
> a look at several alternatives.
>
> If you're a visual artist, maybe something more visual would be good
> as well. Max an Pd come to mind here. Personally I also do text
> programming, but for "art work" I always come back to Pd, because
> somehow I seem to think about art in two dimensions, not just in one
> as with text languages.
>
> For text languages, maybe a general purpose languange instead of the
> domain-specific SuperCollider would be worth a look, too. Lua would be
> a good candidate: It's small, easy to learn and still very powerful.
> It even comes with functional stuff that could rival the classical
> standard language for algorithmic composition, which is LISP/Scheme.
>
> "Beginning Lua Programming" by K. Jung/A. Brown would be a lightweight
> introduction, also to programming in general, while "Programming in
> Lua" is the deeper pro-version of that book, but it's best approached
> if you already know some bits about programming. Lua can be used in Pd
> as well as standalone, so Lua knowledge is knowledge that you could
> use everywhere and the time learning Lua is well spent.
>
> Ciao
> --
>  Frank Barknecht                                     _ ______footils.org__
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