These days, synthesised sound is easy to access – but early electronic music pioneers had to get hands on to produce it ...

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 ...

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music ...