Spectral Music Design

Victor Lazzarini completed his doctorate at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he received the Heyman scholarship for research progress and the Hallward composition prize for a large-scale work, Magnificat. His interests include musical signal processing and sound synthesis; computer music languages; electroacoustic and instrumental composition. He joined the Music Department at Maynooth University in 1998 and was Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 2014 to 2019.

• ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1: BackgroundChapter 1: What is Spectrum?Chapter 2: A HIstory of SpectrumChapter 3: Fundamental Aspects of Audio and Music SignalsPart 2: Techniques Chapter 4: Continuous and Discrete SpectraChapter 5. Discrete Time, Discrete FrequencyChapter 6. Time -- Frequency ProcessingChapter 7. The Spectra of FiltersChapter 8. Non-Linear Synthesis of SpectraChapter 9. NoisePart 3. DesignChapter 10. Spectral Design in MusicChapter 11. Computer Sound DesignChapter 12. Composing the SpectrumNotes BibliographyIndex

Victor Lazzarini has condensed thirty years of experience of into a dazzlingly lucid resource that will inform and delight all those studying and making spectral music with computers. The book covers both the fundamental and creative aspects of spectral music design, leading through detailed accounts of computer synthesis and digital signal processing to illuminating discussions of how composers and musicians have developed their approaches. This is an indispensable book that provides an excellent technical and artistic foundation for any digital musician.