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Audio Anecdotes is the title of a community contributed Audio Cookbook in the spirit of Andrew Glassner's classic Graphics Gems series.

Please read our article solicitation, and topics list, to get a better idea of what is coming and how you can help.

If you are interested in contributing articles (see author's guide), have questions or suggestions please contact me, Ken Greenebaum!

"Sound is such an important part of our lives, and should get more attention in the computer space (in user interfaces, games, data mining, etc.) This book fills a wonderful void in providing a lot of small, introductory articles, useful for anyone interested in computational sound." - Perry R. Cook, author of Real Sound Synthesis

The Books
Audio Anecdotes Volumes I and II are now available, and we are working on completing Volume III)!

You can browse (using search inside the book) or purchase Audio Anecdotes Volume I, or, Audio Anecdotes Volume II, at Amazon.com.

What's New  
  • 03/31/2005 Joint AES / SIGGRAPH meeting: AudioAnecdotes Panel Discussion
  • 12/2/2004 Need Windows, LINUX, and OS X, developers, testers, and web-designers to help with the Audio Anecdotes V3 CD-ROM. email if you would like to help (or know someone you would like to volunteer).
  • 10/12/2004 Just fixed audioanecdotes.com email addresses. Please re-send those emails...
  • 10/04/2004 I just received an advance copy of Volume II. Should be available from stores soon!
    • Audio Anecdotes Volume I is available as of March 10th, 2004.
    Praise for Audio Anecdotes
    • Audio Anecdotes Volume I
      • 3/05 Journal of the AES Review - "a fine and authoritative collection of essays on fundamental issues in digital audio"
    • Audio Anecdotes Volume II
      • 1/05 Midwest book reviews - "Professionally compiled and deftly co-edited by the team of Ken Greenebaum and Ronen Barzel, Audio Anecdotes II: Tools, Tips, And Techniques for Digital Audio is a handy manual of tips, tricks, and techniques especially for professionals in the digital audio field." "A superb reference, resource, and research tool highly recommended for anyone applying digital sound to computer-created projects, including musicians, game developers, and software producers"
     
    Audio Anecdotes I: Tools, Tips, and Techniques for Digital Audio
    Ken Greenebaum, Ronen Barzel, editors
    Audio Anecdotes is a book about digital sound. It discusses analyzing, processing, creating, and recording many forms of sound and music, emphasizing the opportunities presented by digital media made possible by the arrival of inexpensive and nearly ubiquitous digital computing equipment.

    Applications of digital audio techniques are indispensable in:

    •The recording industry
    •The film industry
    •Interactive gaming
    •Computer Human Interaction

    The contributors to this volume include researchers, recording engineers, and sound designers, as well as creative artists, and the articles reflect this broad spectrum of experience in dealing with:

    •The fundamentals: the physics, measurement and perception of sound
    •Signal processing: the mathematical manipulation of sound
    •Recording and playback of sound: including music, voice, and field recording
    •Synthesis: rendering sounds which never existed including the synthesis of musical instruments, voice, or noise (Foley Sound)
    •Signal processing applications: from compression techniques to signal detection and recognition
    •Computer techniques: efficiently implementing low latency high performance audio systems on digital computers
    •Music theory: the mathematics of both western and non-western music
    •Creative topics: composition and sound design
    •Nature, mind, and body: how sound exists in nature and affects the mind and body

    This book will be an invaluable tool for anybody who uses digital sound in the creation of computer generated works, musicians, game developers, sound producers in movies and other media, and more.
     
    Year: 2004   ISBN: 1-56881-104-7  
    Price: $65.00
    512 pages.   Hardcover.