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The Piecewise-Linear Technique of Electronic Music Synthesis

A new piecewise-linear generator permitting direct analog control of acoustic waveforms, the PL module, is shown to offer significant advantages in electronic music. A FORTRAN program, facilitating the computation of amplitude spectra for piecewise-linear waveforms, is used in discussing some of the properties of the PL module. Numerous applications to electronic music are suggested, beginning simply with generation of PL envelopes and waveforms.

Authors: Bernstein, Alan D.; Cooper, Ellis D.
Affiliations: Department of Physics, Newark College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ ; Department of Mathematics, Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York, NY and C-K AlgoRhythm, Inc., New York, NY(See document for exact affiliation information.)
JAES Volume 24 Issue 6 pp. 446-454; August 1976 Import into BibTeX

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