The SuperCollider Book (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00ELWIWB2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 548 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Free, open-source, cross-platform, and with a diverse and supportive developer community, it is often the first programming language sound artists and computer musicians learn. The SuperCollider Book is the long-awaited guide to the design, syntax, and use of the SuperCollider language. The first chapters offer an introduction to the basics, including a friendly tutorial for absolute beginners, providing the reader with skills that can serve as a foundation for further learning. With contributions from top academics, artists, and technologists that cover topics at levels from the introductory to the specialized, it will be a valuable sourcebook both for beginners and for advanced users. SuperCollider is one of the most important domain-specific audio programming languages, with potential applications that include real-time interaction, installations, electroacoustic pieces, generative music, and audiovisuals. Later chapters cover more advanced topics and particular topics in computer music, including programming, sonification, spati
An Amazing Achievement ! I have been using Supercollider since the first release in 1996. Since then it has become 'open source' and has (as it's creator James McCartney says in the introduction) taken on a life of it's own. Multitudes of creative minds in the field of computer music h. "Excellent resource, not quite perfect." according to David L. Phillips. This book is a treasure trove for anyone interested in SC. The writing style throughout is accessible and enthusiastic, and the quality of information is truly impressive. Of course, any book like this one suffers from the rapid pace of software development, so. tripnikk said Sc bible. This is the bible. It goes over supercollider inside and out. The beginning is quite rocky as they seem to start giving you examples which aren't well explained. Be prepared for some hair pulling. Regardless, this book along with some supplemental tutorials in
Scott Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Birmingham, England.David Cottle is Lecturer Associate Professor at the School of Music, University of Utah.Nick Collins is Lecturer in Music Informatics at the University of Sussex.
The scholarship is sound, as the chapter authors are leaders in the field and deeply knowledgeable on how SuperCollider may be used, taught, and learned. (Robert Rowe, Director, Steinhardt Music Composition Program, New York University) . This book documents the SuperCollider language to an extent never before achieved and shows how it can be used to realize a wide variety of musical and technical applications