Computer music

Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and application of new and existing computer software technologies and basic aspects of music, such as sound synthesis, digital signal processing, sound design, sonic diffusion, acoustics, electrical engineering, and psychoacoustics.^[1] The field of computer music can trace its roots back to the origins of electronic music, and the first experiments and innovations with electronic instruments at the turn of the 20th century.^[2]

^ Curtis Roads,The Computer Music Tutorial, Boston: MIT Press, Introduction
^ Andrew J. Nelson, The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution, Boston: MIT Press, Introduction