Index

Contents

Introduction   vii
Acknowledgments   ix
Overview   xi
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1   Time Scales of Music   1
2   The History of Microsound from Antiquity to the Analog Era   43
3   Granular Synthesis   85
4   Varieties of Particle Synthesis   119
5   Transformation of Microsound   179
6   Windowed Analysis and Transformation   235
7   Microsound in Composition   301
8   Aesthetics of Composing with Microsound   325
9   Conclusion   349
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References   353
Appendixes
A   The Cloud Generator Program   383
B   Sound Examples on the CD   389
Name Index   399
Subject Index   403