Synthesis and Manipulation of Natural Sounds in Electronic Music for Films

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: J SMPTE
Volume: 73, No. 2, pp. 128–129
Abstract: By analyzing the spectral components of natural sounds such as bells, gongs, voices, etc., and then synthesizing them into constant-tone loop material, they can be used as the basis of electronic musical composition to create various moods without wandering too far away from the sounds to which present audiences have been conditioned.
Publication Date: 1964-02-01
DOI: 10.5594/J06120
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J06120
Author(s): Myron SchaefferElectronic Music Studio, University of Toronto, Toronto 5, Ont., Canada.
Copyright: © 1964 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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