Spectral Music Design
This volume offers a complete guide to a computational approach to spectral music-making. It provides, in a stepwise manner, a [ ] to the signal processing techniques and their application to computer music. The book begins with a series of fundamental definitions, delineating the basic concepts of spectral audio. This includes both a technical and a historical appreciation of the ideas related to the spectrum. The core of the text is formed by six chapters on the techniques of spectral musical signal processing. These are thoroughly illustrated with examples and code excerpts using the Python and Csound languages. This section of the book traces a path from the Fourier theorem to the consideration of non-deterministic signals, also in a step-by-step way discussing the various elements of spectral audio. The final part of the book is dedicated to the aesthetics of spectral music, and methods of design and composition, which apply the ideas and techniques explored earlier in the volume.