The sensations of point, pulse series of points , line tone , and surface texture emerge as particle density increases. Sounds coalesce, evaporate, and mutate into other sounds. Composers have used theories of microsound in computer music since the s. Distinguished practitioners include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis.
Today, with the increased interest in computer and electronic music, many young composers and software synthesis developers are exploring its advantages.
Covering all aspects of composition with sound particles, Microsound offers composition theory, historical accounts, technical overviews, acoustical experiments, descriptions of musical works, and aesthetic reflections. The book is accompanied by an audio CD of examples.
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Recent technological advances allow us to probe and manipulate these pinpoints of sound, dissolving the traditional building blocks of music—notes and their intervals—into a more fluid and supple. A comprehensive presentation of the techniques and aesthetics of composition with sound particles. Listening through the Noise.
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