Editing Computer music (section)

{{Short description|Application of computing technology in music}}
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'''Computer music''' is the application of [[computing technology]] in [[musical composition|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]].<ref>Curtis Roads,''The Computer Music Tutorial'', Boston: MIT Press, Introduction</ref> 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.<ref>Andrew J. Nelson, ''The Sound of Innovation: Stanford and the Computer Music Revolution'', Boston: MIT Press, Introduction</ref>