The
Personal Computer Music Revolution
I often wonder what music will be like after the
microelectronics revolution puts a computer in every home.
But why should computers change things? Up until this time
music listening has been just that — passive
listening to recordings of music. But with computers we all
become “sound explorers” because we can now
take an active part in changing the music we hear or to
compose our own. We can master any instrument's sound
without the years of tedious practice or we can create our
own “instruments”; combinations of conventional
ones or entirely new ones.
The technology to do all this is here today and the mass
production and availability of personal computers is being
felt by the public as never before. We are truly at the
dawn of the personal computer music revolution. Just as the
radio brought music listening to the masses, so will
computers bring music composition and exploration to them
too.