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Contents<br />

SECTION 1. Background<br />

1. Music Synthesis Principles<br />

Goals <strong>of</strong> Music Synthesis 4<br />

The Fundamental Parameters <strong>of</strong>Sound 8<br />

History <strong>of</strong> Electronic Sound Synthesis 34<br />

2. Sound Modification Methods<br />

Sound on Tape 43<br />

ElectronicSoundModtjication 48<br />

Analysis-SynthesisMethods 70<br />

3. Voltage Control Methods<br />

TypicalModuleCharacteristics 76<br />

Signal Levels in the Synthesizer 81<br />

Some Typical Modules 84<br />

Other~oduus 92<br />

A Typical Patch 94<br />

4. Direct Computer Synthesis Methods<br />

1<br />

3<br />

43<br />

75<br />

101<br />

Limitations <strong>of</strong> Voltage Control 101<br />

Sound in Digital Form 106<br />

A Typical Direct Computer Synthesis Installation 113<br />

Computation <strong>of</strong>Sound Waveforms 116<br />

Music Programming Systems and Languages 121<br />

5. <strong>Microprocessors</strong><br />

125<br />

MicroprocessorTerminology 126<br />

BriefHistory <strong>of</strong><strong>Microprocessors</strong> 127<br />

MicrocomputerPertpheralDevices 139<br />

MicrocomputerS<strong>of</strong>tware 148<br />

Example Microprocessor Descrtptions 151

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