Computer Composer's Toolbox

by Phil Winsor

Overview

Enter the world of computer-aided composition. It is easy with Phil Winsor’s Computer Composer’s Toolbox. Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are a musician hoping to see what the computer can do for you or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, Computer Composer’s Toolbox has something to offer. More than 100 ready-to-use subroutines are included to illuminate key concepts throughout the book.

Discover the enormous creative and time-saving potential of computerized music composition. Whether you are a musician hoping to see what the computer can do for you or a computer hobbyist interested in learning about music, Computer Composer’s Toolbox has something to offer. More than one hundred ready-to-use subroutines are included to illuminate key concepts throughout the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574411157
Publisher:	University of North Texas Press
Publication date:	02/01/2000
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	xix
	Introduction	xx
1	Utilities	1
	Subroutine CTB1.1 Tunings	1
	Subroutine CTB1.2 Modulo	4
	Subroutine CTB1.3 Pitchtab	6
	Subroutine Group Vectors	8
	Subroutine Group 1MATOP	11
	Subroutine Group 2MATOP	14
	Subroutine Group CURVES	17
	Subroutine CTB1.15 Fractab	21
	Subroutine CTB1.16 Durred	23
	Subroutine CTB1.17 Eucreduc	25
	Subroutine Group FRACTSUM	27
	Subroutine CTB1.20 Decfrac	30
	Subroutine CTB1.21 Fracdec	32
	Subroutine Group DECBIDEC	35
	Subroutine CTB1.24 Stirling	38
	Subroutine Group PERMUTOT	40
	Subroutine Group COMBNTOT	42
	Subroutine Group HISTO	44
	Subroutine CTB1.29 Grafplot	46
	Subroutine Group NORMHIST	48
	Subroutine Group STATS	50
	Subroutine Group LINEGEN	54
2	Series and Motive Operations	58
	Subroutine Group MOTFORMS	58
	Subroutine Group DISPLACE	62
	Subroutine CTB2.5 Alterseq	64
	Subroutine CTB2.6 Setflag	66
	Subroutine CTB2.7 Conshufl	68
	Subroutine CTB2.8 Addshufl	70
	Subroutine Group ROWFORMS	72
	Subroutine Group ROWSQUARE	75
	Subroutine Group MODOPS	78
	Subroutine Group PSTNPERM	81
	Subroutine CTB2.15 Samplset	83
	Subroutine CTB2.16 Systperm	86
	Subroutine Group ROTATION	89
	Subroutine Group Timpoint	94
	Subroutine Group ALINTSEQ	98
	Subroutine Group ALINTSET	101
	Subroutine Group INTLINK	104
	Subroutine CTB2.25 Valratio	107
	Subroutine CTB2.26 Markov	109
3	Probability Distribution Functions	113
	Subroutine CTB3.1 Beta	115
	Subroutine CTB3.2 Bilexp	117
	Subroutine CTB3.3 Cauchy	119
	Subroutine CTB3.4 Expon	121
	Subroutine CTB3.5 Gamma	123
	Subroutine CTB3.6 Gauss	125
	Subroutine CTB3.7 Hypcosin	127
	Subroutine CTB3.8 Linear	129
	Subroutine CTB3.9 Logistic	131
	Subroutine CTB3.10 Poisson	133
	Subroutine CTB3.11 Rnd-Rnd	135
	Subroutine CTB3.12 Weibull	137
	Subroutine CTB3.13 Triangle	139
4	Sorting and Searching	141
	Subroutine CTB4.1 Shellsrt	141
	Subroutine CTB4.2 S-Msort	144
	Subroutine CTB4.3 Quicksrt	147
	Subroutine CTB4.4 Delrepl	150
	Subroutine CTB4.5 Insort	153
	Subroutine CTB4.6 Tsearch1	155
	Subroutine CTB4.7 Tsearch2	158
	Subroutine CTB4.8 Tsearch3	160
	Subroutine CTB4.9 Tsearch4	162
5	Sound/Text Composition	164
	Subroutine Group SNDTEXT	164
	Subroutine Group WORDPLAY	167
	Subroutine Group GEN-CON	173
	Subroutine CTB5.10 Cycltext	178
6	General Composition	180
	Subroutine CTB6.1 Loopgen1	180
	Subroutine CTB6.2 Loopgen2	183
	Subroutine Group PRIMOPS	186
	Subroutine CTB6.5 Trantabl	189
	Subroutine Group VALUPROB	192
	Subroutine CTB6.8 Randwalk	195
	Subroutine CTB6.9 Matwalk	197
	Subroutine CTB6.10 Voss	200
	Subroutine Group RDINTCHD	202
	Subroutine Group OCTSCALE	205
	Subroutine Group INTGAM	208
	Subroutine Group RHYPROPS	211
	Subroutine Group POLYRHY	214
	Subroutine Group MELINE	218
	Subroutine Group PARTSPAN	222
	Subroutine Group ORNAMENT	226
	Subroutine Group SEQFILE	230
	Subroutine CTB6.23 Scorform	233
	Subroutine Index	236
	Index	241