The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music is a book that Miller Puckette is writing. I've been working my way through it while on vacation here in rural Oregon. Very useful stuff, especially for non-audio folks, like me, who want to get the most out of things like Max/MSP and Puredata. In fact, it comes with a linked package of Puredata example patches.
Max/MSP (and it's open-source cousin PureData) are great ways to get multimedia applications up and running in no time. Plus, it's just a really fun class.
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