Audio Processes

1 Introduction

1.1	The Nature of Audio Processes
1.1.1	Introducing Audio Processes
1.1.2	Constructing an Audio Process
1.1.3	Real-Time and Non-Real-Time Systems
1.1.4	Audio Process Themes
1.2	Example Audio Process Systems
1.2.1	Playing an Acoustic Instrument
1.2.2	Combining Two Paths
1.2.3	Automated Analysis
1.2.4	Two Humans Working Together

1.1 The Nature of Audio Processes

1.1.1 Introducing Audio Processes

Audio processes are at the heart of common musical software such as effects and synthesizers. Fundamentally they are algorithmic forms that generate, modify and analyse audio data. Their design is not driven by simple rules, but rather through the requirements of musical practice and their relationship to the human auditory system. In one musical context ...