Not sure if it's exactly what you are after, but "the computer musical tutorial" by Curtis Roads, takes you through it all in a not too scientific/mathematic way. Actually I think it accompanies PD extremely well.
http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Curtis-Roads/dp/0262680823/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-5380871-4068156?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1173978334&sr=8-1 I hope you'll find it useful. Cheers! Thomas ----- Original Message ----- From: "shift8" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "padawan12" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <pd-list@iem.at>; "Josh Steiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [PD] oldschool rave synths > dude - you are a ninja. uhm, i mean, a jedi. seriously - i want to > emulate you a bit when i grow up ;P > > that said, what resources would you recommend that illustrate calculus > as used for signal processing, but from a more functional point of view > as opposed to a theoretical one. i know there are dsp chip programming > guides for engineering, but there seems to be only "how" and not the > "why" in most cases there. too theoretical of descriptions makes it > difficult for me to visualize the action or imagine the sonic > implications of the theory being discussed. > > personally, i find that the application of theories make much more sense > than the abstract theories themselves. maybe it's brain damage, or > perhaps plain 'ol ignorance. > > but anyway, here's a simple example: > > someone tells me an empirical definition of the nyquist theory, it's > hard to get my head around. but if someone says "hey, you can't sample > a frequency that is >= 1/2 of the sample rate, because the wavelength is > too short in duration to fit sample boundaries, and it causes > distortions that are related to the frequency being sampled." that > totally makes sense. i can picture that from a functional point of > view, and then have a much easier time with the math an theory of it. > > are there any resources, books, etc out that approach the subject of dsp > in a style like this? > > thanks and high regards, > star > > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 15:24 +0000, padawan12 wrote: >> [pow~] is from cyclone, I think in the case I used it (pow 2) you can >> replace it with >> an equivilent [expr~] expression or [*~]. I thought [lowpass] and >> [highpass] were vanilla. >> They are needed to set the coeffs for biquad~ >> >> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:49:29 -0800 >> Josh Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > i seem to be missing: >> > >> > lowpass, highpass and pow~ >> > >> > running 0.39.2-extended-test7 on winxp >> > >> > -josh >> > >> > padawan12 wrote: >> > > Sorry Hardoff, scratch that last load of rubbish. The parasite synth >> > > is the >> > > wrong patch, and I thought I was talking about different oscillators, >> > > it >> > > should have been something more like the ones here. The oscillator is >> > > a dual-slope one in hoover-triangles.pd, much easier to pull out than >> > > the last mess. >> > > >> > > Another take is the hoover-pwm.pd, which is a juno voice basically, >> > > it's much brighter and >> > > fizzy down low. It just depends what you want more in the low >> > > registers, up high theres >> > > not so much difference. >> > > One is pulse width mod of a square, the other is slope mod of a >> > > triangle, both have a bit >> > > of frequency lfo on too at about 5 Hz. A fat Juno hoover noise uses >> > > the fast chorus >> > > so there's one on both versions. Each has the same sequence so you >> > > can compare the sounds. >> > > All the hoover flavours have a different character, like a highpass >> > > resonant filter >> > > makes an interesting addition. But what they share in common is a >> > > busy sound made >> > > by having 3 or 4 detuned components. Juno is a pwm + saw + square >> > > mix, with the >> > > square an octave down. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:34:01 +0900 >> > > "hard off" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > >> andy's tokyo techno one is cool. >> > >> >> > >> but i want hoovers. i keep try to make them and they always suck. >> > >> there must have been a secret ingredient that i am forgetting. >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ________________________________________________________________ >> > tasty electronic music vittles -- bluevitriol.com >> > the only music blog you need -- playtherecords.com >> > you are the dj. interactive music -- improbableorchestra.com >> > random observations of the bizarre -- vitriolix.com >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > -- > Mechanize something idiosyncratic. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.10/720 - Release Date: > 12-03-2007 19:19 > > _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list