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The Synthetic Musician: Computers and Audio (page 191)



Regardless of your taste in music, you are probably listening to a lot more digitally processed sound than you use to. The music and sound recording industries have embraced digital technology, resulting in a variety of new products and applications. Learn more about this field by exploring the following web pages.

Audio Files

Real Synthetic Audio.
Fans of syntho can kick back and let streaming audio of their favorite tunes lilt through their computers as they tend to other chores.

RealPlayer.
A leading streaming audio/video suite.

Music Machines.
The Hyperreal site has a wealth of information on electronic musical instruments, past and present.

Electronicmusic.com
A web site devoted to all aspects of electronic music.

Harmony Central.
A massive collection of web resources for musicians, with section devoted to Computer Music and MIDI.

The following electronic musical instrument manufacturers have an online presence:

Alessis

Roland

Yamaha

Ensoniq

Peavey

Kawai

The following companies make computer music software:

Opcode

Mark of the Unicom

Emagic

Cakewalk

Coda






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