<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/15/2002 12:24:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, catharsis@egregious.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">>i've been doing a lot of experimentation with synthesis for a long time
<BR>>now, and i've even done some composing/performing of computer music. the
<BR>>problem is that i keep running into walls while trying to programme my own
<BR>>composition systems, and i think it's because i don't have the background
<BR>>in music theory/synthesis theory that i need to really get into this
<BR>>stuff.. so my question is, can anybody recommend a good all encompassing
<BR>>book that will help me get the information i need?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR>Even though it is for a different program, R. Boulange's The CSound Book (also from MIT press) has a lot of very usefull ideas that are easily translated to Pd.
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<BR>-Joe Harchanko</FONT></HTML>