Audible Design: A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Sound Design

Wishart, Trevor

1994

York: Orpheus the Pantomime.

Language: English

In this book, the author reveals the musical possibilities and restraints offered by the medium of sonic composition. He discusses the general properties of different kinds of sound materials and the effects that certain processes of transformation can have on these. He suggests what might be fruitful approaches for artists who wish to explore the domain of new sonic possibilities that have been opened up by sound recording and computer technology. The book is supported by an appendix in which the details of compositional processes are presented in a diagrammatic format, and includes a CD containing sound examples that illustrate compositional techniques.

Table of contents:

  1. The Nature of Sound
  2. Pitch
  3. Spectrum
  4. Onset
  5. Continuation
  6. Grain Streams
  7. Sequences
  8. Texture
  9. Time
  10. Energy
  11. Time-stretching
  12. Interpolation 13, New Approaches to Form