At the end of last month's column, I promised we'd look at some GUI-based tools for algorithmic and experimental MIDI music composition. Due to the vagaries of obsolete dependencies and software ...

In 1981, an audio engineer named Dave Smith designed a universal interface for connecting synthesizers together. He presented his basic design at the Audio Engineering Society meeting that year, and ...

Although it can't match the breadth of functionality offered by Band-in-a-Box, Jammer Pro generates fully orchestrated MIDI compositions from scratch. But unlike its competitor, it complements this ...

Motu Digital Performer 8 (for Mac) Digital Performer remains a premier tool for MIDI composition and film scoring, but it's also sophisticated enough otherwise to work as a fantastic all-around DAW.

Digidesign debuted Pro Tools 7.3 software, which the company says has new features and speed improvements for Pro Tools, Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools M-Powered systems. They include music composition ...

As long as you're not expecting included instruments, Digital Performer remains a premier tool for music composition and film scoring as well as a terrific all-around DAW. If there's a single digital ...