We’re sad to announce that Computer Music's most recent issue will be the final issue of the magazine. First launched in 1998, Computer Music’s existence was spurred by the giddy excitement about the ...

The world's oldest known recording of computer-generated music has been restored to its former glory by a team from the British Library. Taken from an acetate-cut recording made by the BBC in 1951, ...

Music made by computers has been commonplace for many years now. All but the most lo-fi of recordings are going to go through a computer in some fashion, and oftentimes computers are doing all the ...

Nestled serenely atop the hill behind Florence Moore Hall is The Knoll, which houses Stanford’s Center for Computer Research and Acoustics (CCRMA) — a central location for discovery in the realm of ...

Curtis Roads was barely out of high school in 1970, playing music in the metro area surrounding the University of Illinois, a pioneering center of computer music. He wasn’t a student, but through a ...

Click below to access this month's issue playlist (accompanying videos for masterclass tutorials and free plugin guide) via YouTube ...

A future chart-topping song may soon come from an algorithm. Sony Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) in Paris is developing a system of algorithms which can create songs that cater to the user's taste, ...

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