
Musimathics: Volume 2
The Mathematical Foundations of Music
Gareth Loy(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 19. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
584 pages
978-0-262-51656-3 (ISBN)
Description
The second volume of a commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music, focusing on the digital and computational domain; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science.
Volume 2 of Musimathics continues the story of music engineering begun in Volume 1, focusing on the digital and computational domain. Loy goes deeper into the mathematics of music and sound, beginning with digital audio, sampling, and binary numbers, as well as complex numbers and how they simplify representation of musical signals. Chapters cover the Fourier transform, convolution, filtering, resonance, the wave equation, acoustical systems, sound synthesis, the short-time Fourier transform, and the wavelet transform. These subjects provide the theoretical underpinnings of today's music technology. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio.
Additional material can be found at http://www.musimathics.com.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
362 illus.; 362 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
970 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-51656-3 (9780262516563)
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Gareth Loy; foreword by John Chowning