Music and Acoustics

From Instrument to Computer
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-61399-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, E-Book

How can a piano tuner obtain such high precision with no othermeasuring device than their own ears? How can a sequence of notesseem to rise continuously despite coming back periodically to thesame notes? What are the possibilities and the limits of digitalsound? These are a few examples of questions that are discussed inthis book, which presents an overview on the nature of musicalsounds, from their production by acoustic music instruments tosynthesized sounds obtained with computers.
The topics that are treated include sound propagation, Fourier andtime-frequency analysis, psychoacoustics, analog and digital signalprocessing theory, computer science and MP3 sound compression, andof course... music!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guillaume, Philippe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Chapter1. Sounds.
1.1 Sound Propagation.
1.2 Music Theory Interlude.
1.3 Different Types of Sounds.
1.4 Representation of Sound.
1.5 Filtering.
1.6 Study Problems.
1.7 Practical Computer Applications.
Chapter 2. Musical Instruments.
2.1 Strings.
2.2 Bars.
2.3 Membranes.
2.4 Tubes.
2.5 Timbre of Instruments.
2.6 Study Problems.
2.7 Practical Computer Applications.
Chapter 3. Scales and Temperaments.
3.1 The Pythagorean Scale.
3.2 The Zarlino Scale.
3.3 The Tempered Scales.
3.4 A Brief History of A4.
3.5 Giving Names to Notes.
3.6 Other examples of Scales.
3.7 Study Problems.
3.8 Practical Computer Applications.
Chapter 4. Psychoacoustics.
4.1 Sound Intensity and Loudness.
4.2 The Ear.
4.3 Frequency and Pitch.
4.4 Frequency Masking.
4.5 Study Problems.
4.6 Practical Computer Applications.
Chapter 5. Digital Sound.
5.1 Sampling.
5.2 Audio Compression.
5.3 Digital Filtering and the Z-transform.
5.4 Study Problems.
5.5 Practical Computer Applications.
Chapter 6. Synthesis and Sound Effects.
6.1 Synthesis of Musical Sounds.
6.2 Time Effects: Echo and Reverberation.
6.3 Effects Based on Spectrum Modification.
6.4 Study Problems.
6.5 Practical Computer Applications.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Philippe Guillaume is a Professor at INSA Toulouse, Francewhere he teaches applied mathematics and musical acoustics.
He is a researcher within the Laboratory of Mathematics forIndustry and Physics in the same Institute. He worked for manyyears in his youth as a piano tuner for famous pianists.