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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Computer Music Journals + Electronic & Computer Music

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"Computer Music Journal. Starting with Volume II, Number 2 (1978) and ending with Volume 8, Number 2 (1984). Also in the lot is a copy of Peter Manning's Electronic & Computer Music, 2nd Edition (1993). (There is No Reserve for this auction)

Here is what is included:

1. Electronic & Computer Music 2nd Edition, Peter Manning. The first edition was published in 1985 and was written as a history of electronic music. It is still a good read for anyone interested in where this music came from. The condition of the book is good. The front cover is slightly bent up on one corner and my sister (original owner) wrote her name on the inside cover... Other than that it is perfectly fine and readable and the picture inserts are all in great condition. It is a paperback and the chapter titles are:

* The Background to 1945
* Developments from 1945 to 1960
* Paris and Musique Concrèt
* Cologne and Elektronische Musik
* Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
* America
* New Horizons in Electronic Design
* The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer
* The Electronic Repertory from 1960
* Works for Tape
* Live Electronic Music
* Rock and Pop Electronic Music
* The Digital Revolution
* The Birth of Computer Music
* New Horizons in Digital Technology
* The MIDI Synthesizer
* From Microcomputer to Music Supercomputer
* Conclusion


2. Early issues of the magazine Computer Music Journal. I bought these a few years back. For the most part they are very technically based and may be a hard read for some, although each issue does include record reviews and product reviews of hardware and software which are fun to read now. Besides some bumped corners and some wear marks all of the magazines are in good condition, with one exception, the cover of Volume 8, Number 1 is a little torn at the top and the corner is folded back, but everything on the inside is perfect! The issues included are:

Volume II, Number 2 Summer 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 2Moorer,
Grey: Lexicon of Analyzed Tones 3
Moore: Mathematics of DSP 2
Roads: Automated Granular Synthesis

Volume II, Number 3 Fall 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 3
Roads: Interview with Gottfried Michael Koeni Fedorkow, Buxton,
K.C.Smith: Computer-Controlled Sound Distribution System for Performance

Volume II, Number 4 Winter 1978:
Buxton et al.: Use of Hierarchy and Instance in Computer Music Data Structure
Buxton et al.:Introduction to the SSSP Synthesizer
Laske: Consider Human Memory in Designing User Interfaces for Computer Music

Volume III, Number 1 Spring 1979:
Roads: Machine Tongues 4
Allouis: Use of High-Speed Microprocessors for Digital Synthesis
Berg: PILE-A Language for Sound Synthesis
Rozenberg: Sound Processing Using Walsh Functions
Roads: Grammars are Representations for Music

Volume 3, Number 3 Fall 1979:
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 1
Myhill: Controlled Indeterminancy
Piszczalski: Spectral Surfaces from Performed Music

Volume 4, Number 1 Spring 1980:
Buxton et al.: Microprocessor-based Conducting System
Sasaki, Smith: Data Reduction for Additive Synthesis
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 3

Volume 4, Number 2 Summer 1980:
Kornfeld: Machine Tongues 7 (LISP)
Roads: AI and Music
Alphonce: Music Analysis by Computer
Smoliar: Computer Aid for Schenkerian Analysis
Laske: Explicit Cognitive Theory of Musical Listening

Volume 4, Number 3 Fall 1980:
Roads: Interview with Marvin Minsky
Gruessay: Music Software Description and Abstractions
Fry: Computer Improvisation

Volume 5, Number 1 Spring 1981:
Moorer: Synthesizers I Have Known and Loved
Abbott: 4CED Program
Holtzmann: Generative Grammers for Music Composition

Volume 5, Number 3 Fall 1981:
Minsky: Music, Mind, and Meaning
Lansky, Steiglitz: Synthesis of Timbral Families by Warped Linear Prediction
Buxton et al.: Scope in Interactive Score Editors

Volume 7, Number 2 Summer 1983:
Roads: Musical Grammars and Computer Analysis
Karplus, Strong: Plucked-String and Drum Timbres
Jaffe, Smith: Extensions of Karplus-Strong Algorithm

Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 1984:
Levitt: Machine Tongues 10
Chadabe: Interactive Composing
Schindler: Dynamic Timbre Control for Real-Time Digital Synthesis

Volume 8, Number 2 Summer 1984:
Barbeau, Corinthios: High-Quality Audio Conversion System Tutorial
Vaggione: The Making of Octuor

For a full description of each issue go to http://204.151.38.11/cmj/ and click on "Index of Old Issues". There you can find each one and view the contents."

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