Computer Music: MUSC216
Comuter Music Terms


See Barry Truax's Handbook for Acoustic Ecology

absorption
additive synthesis (also, Fourier synthesis)
acoustics
aliasing
amplifier
amplitude
amplitude modulation
ASDR
attack (attack time)
beating
brown noise -- Also referred to as 'Gaussian noise')
computer music -- Also see, Computers in Music (IRCAM)
consonance
constructive interference
decay (decay time)
decibel (dB)
destructive interference
diffraction
dissonanance
distortion
doppler effect
dynamics (dynamic markings)
dynamic range (signal-to-noise ratio)
electro-acoustic music
electronic music
envelope
equal loudness contour
feedback
filter
fm synthesis (frequency modulation synthesis)
formant -- See formant synthesis (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
Fourier, Francois Baptiste Joseph
Fourier analysis Also see, Fourier and the Sum of Sines (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)

A Pictoral Introduction to Fourier Analysis
Fourier Transform Theory
Fourier and the Frequency Domain (The University of Strathclyde)
Fast Fourier Transform (University of South Floriday)
Fourier Transforms and the Frequncy Domain (Berkeley)
Fourier Analysis and Wavelets (The Math Archives)

Fourier synthesis

Real-time Fourier Synthesis1 (check this out!!)
Real-time Fourier Synthesis2
Real-time Fourier Synthesis3

Fourier's theorem
frequency -- Also see, Frequency, Pitch and Intervals (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
frequency modulation Also see fm synthesis
fundamental
granular systhesis -- Also see, granular synthesis (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
harmonic
harmonic series
Heinrich Hertz -- Also see, Heinrich Hertz
Hertz (Hz) -- Also see Frequency, Pitch and Intervals (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
interference
intensity
interval
LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)
modulation
noise
octave
oscillation
oscillator
oscilloscope
overtone (harmonic)
overtone series -- See harmonic series
partial
perfect fifth (see interval)
perfect fourth (see interval)
period
phase
piezoelectric effect
pink noise
psychoacoustics
pulse wave
Range of human hearing for high and low pitched sounds
reflection
release
resonance
reverberation
sawtooth wave
sine wave
SMPTE
sound -- Also see What is sound? (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
sound synthesis (Dartmouth College, Music and Computers)
spectrum (spectra)
square wave
standing wave
subtractive synthesis
sustain (steady-state)
timbre (tone color)
tone
tone color -- See timbre
tremolo
triangle wave
tweeter
units of measure
vibration
vibrato
waveform
wave shaping synthesis
wave table synthesis
white noise
woofer

Some other Electronic Music and Computer Music Terms Pages:

Barry Truax's Handbook for Acoustic Ecology

E-MU/Ensonique Glossary of Electronic Music Terms

Acoustics Terms (www.iversonsoftware.com)

Glossary of Terms (Owens/Corning)

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