This technical tome explains how electronic music works. In spite of its title, it includes information about all sorts of electronic music systems. The 174-page “Background” section gives the basics of acoustics and classifies the various electronic methods of producing and modifying sound. The 190-page second section is dedicated to computer-controlled analog synthesis. In it you’ll find a careful explanation of the world of analog synthesizers with lots of schematic diagrams and frequency response graphs. The third section, 340 pages on digital synthesis and sound modification, is the real core of the book. Here, Hal shows how sound can be converted into and out of digital form and how a computer can be programmed to analyze and synthesize musical
