Music and acoustics : from instrument to computer /
How can a piano tuner obtain such high precision with no other measuring device than their own ears? How can a sequence of notes seem to rise continuously although it comes back periodically to the same notes? What are the possibilities and the limits of digital sound? These are a few examples of qu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Newport Beach, CA :
ISTE,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How can a piano tuner obtain such high precision with no other measuring device than their own ears? How can a sequence of notes seem to rise continuously although it comes back periodically to the same notes? What are the possibilities and the limits of digital sound? These are a few examples of questions that are discussed in this book, which presents an overview on the nature of musical sounds, from their production by acoustic music instruments to synthesized sounds obtained with computers. The topics that are treated include sound propagation, Fourier and time-frequency analysis, psychoaco. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470612446 0470612444 9780470394571 0470394579 1847045766 9781847045768 9781118613993 1118613996 |