BBC Micro Music Masterclass

YOUR MICRO AS MUSIC MACHINE!

The world of computer music is explored through the medium of the micro in this, the first book produced by a professional musician for the Beeb. Starting with the essentials of programming sound and music, Ian Ritchie harnesses bytes and beat to show you the way to the harmony of clefs and chips that is modern electronic music.

At your command the versatile BBC Micro can be drum machine or synthesizer, instrument or interface, component or composer - Music Masterclass gives you the tools and techniques you need to turn your micro into a music machine.

Ian Ritchie introduces musical notation and the theory of chords and harmony and investigates each of the complex programming parameters of BBC BASIC's sound commands, before developing the Micro's music applications. These provide auto-composition, sequencer, synthesiser and drum machine facilities, and the potential of the BBC is compared to the performance and characteristics of commercial machines.

Music Masterclass goes on to describe and explore the simple interfacing techniques which illustrate how the BBC's computing power can be incorporated into more complex systems as well as the potential of graphics displays.

ISBN 0-330-28673-0
U.K. £5.95
9 780330 286732