Download Making Sounds with Numbers: A Tutorial on Music Software Dedicated to Digital Audio A (partial) taxonomy of software applications devoted to sounds is presented. For each category of software applications, an abstract model is proposed and actual implementations are evaluated with respect to this model.
Download Compositional Use Of Digital Audio Effects This article tracks the composers’ desire for increased control over continuous musical variables through examples for music from the last few centuries. Examples are given on the development of notation and orchestration. A special focus is provided on electroacoustic music as a natural continuation of this development, and typical types of timbral development and structural discourse are brought forward in an attempt to explain which parameters composers of electroacoustic music are considering in their work.
Download Making Sound with Numbers, Six Years Later In the first edition of the DAFx Conferences an extensive tutorial on professional and research software devoted to sound and music making was presented. The present paper attempts a revision of the concepts expressed in that tutorial, focusing particularly to the aspects related to research and innovation fostered by a strong paradigm shift that has happened in the mean time: that of Free Software development. Of course, this paradigm shift has also had its difficulties and harsh spots, requiring many extra efforts in order to overcome them. This paper will try to describe these as well as to outline the current state-of-the-art in the field.