Wow, didn't expect to see my free book on HN. I'm the author.
I spent five years working with audio/video codecs and APIs on the Xbox 360. Had to support various DSPs and help games improve their performance (curse you, denormals!). But I never got a chance to go full synthesis.
Thanks for publishing this!!
Just curious: on your list of publications[1], music shows up only once. How does this course relate to your other work, if at all? Or is this more of a side interest for you?