The Sound of Innovation

Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution

Andrew J. Nelson (Assistant Professor of Management, University of Oregon)

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MIT Press
15 August 2023

History of engineering & technology; Digital music: professional

Series: Inside Technology

How a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music.

How a team of musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists developed computer music as an academic field and ushered in the era of digital music.

In the 1960s, a team of Stanford musicians, engineers, computer scientists, and psychologists used computing in an entirely novel way- to produce and manipulate sound and create the sonic basis of new musical compositions. This group of interdisciplinary researchers at the nascent Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced ""karma"") helped to develop computer music as an academic field, invent the technologies that underlie it, and 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 and digital music groups worldwide.

Nelson emphasizes CCRMA's interdisciplinarity, which stimulates creativity at the intersections of fields; its commitment to open sharing and users; and 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 and science, between the humanities and technology, and between academic research and commercial applications, showing how the story of a small group of musicians reveals substantial insights about innovation.

Nelson draws on extensive archival research and dozens of interviews with digital music pioneers; the book's website provides access to original historic documents and other material.

By: Andrew J. Nelson (Assistant Professor of Management University of Oregon)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780262548946
ISBN 10: 0262548941
Series: Inside Technology
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Setting the Stage 13 3 The First Movement 19 4 Tension and Release 47 5 Duet for Stanford and Yamaha 73 6 From Exposition to Development 97 7 Plucking the Golden Gate Bridge 123 8 Recapitulation and Variations 143 9 Coda 159 Appendix: Interviews Conducted by Author 171 Notes 173 References 209 Index 227

Andrew J. Nelson is Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Oregon.