ROADS, CURTIS & JOHN STRAWN — Foundations of Computer Music

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0262181142. B&W Illustrations & Charts; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners, along with a couple of small edge nicks and tears. Curtis Roads (born May 9, 1951) is an American composer, author and computer programmer. He composes electronic and electroacoustic music, specializing in granular and pulsar synthesis...He co-founded the International Computer Music Association in 1980 and edited the Computer Music Journal from 1978–2000. He has created software including PulsarGenerator and the Creatovox, both with Alberto de Campo. Since 2004, he has been researching a new method of sound analysis called atomic decompositions, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). "(from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .