(Ebook) The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution by Andrew J. Nelson ISBN 9780262028769, 026202876X

(Ebook) The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution by Andrew J. Nelson ISBN 9780262028769, 026202876X

In the 1960s, a team of Stanford musicians, engineers, computer scientists, & psychologists used computing in an entirely novel way: to produce & manipulate sound & create the sonic basis of new musical compositions. This group of interdisciplinary researchers at the nascent Center for Computer Research in Music & Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced "karma") helped to develop computer music as an academic field, invent the technologies that underlie it, & usher in the age of digital music. In The Sound of Innovation, Andrew Nelson chronicles the history of CCRMA, tracing its origins in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory through its present-day influence on Silicon Valley & digital music groups worldwide.Nelson emphasizes CCRMA's interdisciplinarity, which stimulates creativity at the intersections of fields; its commitment to open sharing & users; & its pioneering commercial engagement. He shows that Stanford's outsized influence on the emergence of digital music came from the intertwining of these three modes, which brought together diverse supporters with different aims around a field of shared interest. Nelson thus challenges long-standing assumptions about the divisions between art & science, between the humanities & technology, & between academic research & commercial applications, showing how the story of a small group of musicians reveals substantial insights about innovation.Nelson draws on extensive archival research & dozens of interviews with digital music pioneers; the book's website provides access to original historic documents & other material.