The Python Audio Cookbook
Recipes for Audio Scripting with Python
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2023
318 pages
978-1-003-80841-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Python Audio Cookbook offers an introduction to Python for sound and multimedia applications, with chapters that cover writing your first Python programs, controlling Pyo with physical computing, and writing your own GUI, among many other topics.
Guiding the reader through a variety of audio synthesis techniques, the book empowers readers to combine their projects with popular platforms, from the Arduino to Twitter, and state-of-the-art practices such as AI. The Python Audio Cookbook balances accessible explanations for theoretical concepts, including Python syntax, audio processing and machine learning, with practical applications.
This book is an essential introductory guide to Python for sound and multimedia practitioners, as well as programmers interested in audio applications.
Guiding the reader through a variety of audio synthesis techniques, the book empowers readers to combine their projects with popular platforms, from the Arduino to Twitter, and state-of-the-art practices such as AI. The Python Audio Cookbook balances accessible explanations for theoretical concepts, including Python syntax, audio processing and machine learning, with practical applications.
This book is an essential introductory guide to Python for sound and multimedia practitioners, as well as programmers interested in audio applications.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ebooks
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 11 Line drawings, black and white; 29 Halftones, black and white; 40 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-003-80841-1 (9781003808411)
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Person
Alexandros Drymonitis is a sound and new media artist. He has a PhD on the creation of musical works with the programming language Python. His artistic practice focuses on new techniques utilising new media such as computer programming, live coding, AI, or even older practices, like modular synthesis.
Content
1. Getting Started 2. Writing Your First Python Programs 3. Diving into Audio Synthesis Techniques 4. Phase Vocoder Techniques 5. Controlling Pyo with Physical Computing 6. Communicating with Other Software with OSC 7. Machine Learning in Music 8. Writing Your Own Classes in Python 9. Switched on music21 10. The Events Framework 11. The MML and Prefix Expression 12. Writing Your Own GUI 13. Using Various Python APIs in Music Scripts
