Programming (music)
Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices and computer software, such as sequencers and workstations or hardware synthesizers, sampler and sequencers, to generate sounds of musical instruments . It is also frequently used in "modern" pop and rock music from various regions of the world, and sometimes in jazz and contemporary classical music.
Music programming is the process in which a musician produces a sound or "patch" (be it from scratch or with the aid of a synthesizer/sampler), or uses a sequencer to arrange a song.
Specialised programming languages for music composition allow for an enhanced customisation. Programming languages are essentially algorithms, using a sequence of steps to allow hardware to function in a specific way. Traditional music has relied on notation in order to present a sequence, however modern day music composition focuses on the dynamic computation of sounds, requiring more of an communicative programming language[1]
Equipment
- Technology: digital audio workstation, drum machine, groovebox, sampler, sequencer, synthesizer and MIDI
External links
- Dobrian, Chris (1988). "Music Programming: An Introductory Essay". Claire Trevor School of the Arts, UC Irvine.
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- ^ Dannenberg, R. (2018). Languages for Computer Music. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.