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Electronic and Computer Music Peter Manning This updated and expanded third edition of Peter Manning’s classic text, Electronic and Computer Music, deals with the development of the medium from its birth to the 21st century. The first section of the book, which remains essentially unchanged…
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Music, Sound, and Technology in America: A Documentary History of Early Phonograph, Cinema, and Radio Timothy D. Taylor, Mark Katz, Tony Grajeda This unique anthology assembles primary documents chronicling the development of the phonograph, film sound, and the radio. These three sound technologies shaped Americans’…
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The Art of Noise: Destruction of Music By Futurist Machines Luigi Russolo The music and noise manifestos of the Italian Futurists formed a blueprint for sonic warfare waged against traditionalism, a radical new agenda played out with machines primed for maximal acoustic destruction and aimed…
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Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation (Sign, Storage, Transmission) David Novak Noise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and…
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Creating Music and Sound for Games G. W. Childs Get ready to step into the mysterious world of the video game sound designer and composer. Creating Music and Sound for Games examines the responsibilities associated with each of these roles and offers tips and insight…
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Game Sound: An Introduction to the History, Theory, and Practice of Video Game Music and Sound Design Karen Collins A distinguishing feature of video games is their interactivity, and sound plays an important role in this: a player’s actions can trigger dialogue, sound effects, ambient…
