These days it’s a given: Buying and listening to CDs is passé. Portable music means an iPod or other MP3 player. If most of what you like to listen to now isn't already stored on your computer, it ...

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 ...

Buy one $49.99 IK Multimedia plugin and get a whopping 38 free with the best plugin deal of the year so far Save up to 95% on incredible plugins, software and bundles in Plugin Boutique’s Black Friday ...

I have a new streaming music service in my life. Let's call him Beatsy. It's an open relationship — I'm still accessing other music streams, and Beatsy's positively promiscuous, winning the hearts of ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days in Silicon Valley – and no wonder. There appears to be no end to the possible applications. Some say AI is simply freeing humans of the boring tasks, ...

A look at synths, E-CDs, AI and more in our back pages. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director “We are living in an electronic age and electronics is changing the world.” This bold-for-the-time ...

Detail of a rebuilt Colossus computer at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The model is similar to the Mark II, on which the first recorded computer music was played. (photo by Alan ...

For all the spellbinding thrill it can weave within its veil of apparent unpredictability, music depends on plain old math. Musicians might tune their instruments to a standard pitch for a fuller ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Eduardo Reck Miranda’s musical composition “Qubism” features ...

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, ...