[PD] which book

[mählpeak]

On Monday 18 October 2004 17:18, Frank Barknecht wrote:

in fact i'm a newbie myself, have no problems with math though...

i think i'll settle on dodge/jerse at last.

thanks for the help pals!

bike

> Hallo,
>
> mδhlpeak hat gesagt: // mδhlpeak wrote:
> > curtis roads computer music tutorial
>
> No.
>
> > dodge and jerse computer music:synthesis,composition,performance
>
> Yes.
>
> > i'd be glad if someone tells me which is overall better...
>
> Both are very different.
>
> You didn't say, what you are looking for in these books, which could
> be important. I have both, but so far only read the Dodge/Jerse
> completely, the Roads only about 300 pages. The Roads is more like a
> reference book. It also contains a lot of references like: "To find
> out more about speech synthesis read [1], [2] and [3]." Not that
> helpful for beginners, IMO. The Dogde/Jerse however is a wonderful
> introduction to a lot of synthesis techniques, with enough easily
> understandable explanations to make you want to go patching right
> away. So read the Dodge first, if that is what you look for, buy the
> Roads if you want to have a general compendium which is a bit short on
> deeper explanations unfortunatly.
>
> My 2C.
>
> Ciao

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