The author presents the digital techniques of computer music in a non-technical and comprehensive manner. This volume is directed at musicians who would like to understand how computers can create music and how they can integrate digital techniques into their performances.

Table of Contents:

• The Computer and the Musician
• Tones and Harmonics
• How the Computer Operates
• Computer Programming in Tone Generation
• Modulation and Dynamics
• Waveform Analysis in the Frequency Domain
• Synthesis of Complex Tones
• Modification and Processing of Recorded Sounds
• Simulation and Reproduction of Natural Sounds
• Scales and Tonality
• Composition with the Computer
• Machines and Human Creativity
• Appendix A: programming in BASIC
• Appendix B: Programming in FORTRAN