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accompanied by now-hysterically funny ads claiming that
listeners could not actually tell the difference between a
live performance and an electronic one - all the way back to
scratchy old cylinders. It just isn't so.
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Rob Denehy
Playing piano at my own speed catchy (adj.):
pegadizo
since 1970 overwhelming
(adj.): abrumador
Answered Jan 15, 2014
A computer is not a musical instrument. The creation of the
sound is managed and executed by a machine. The human
element is injected through the use of keyboards, guitars, or
other instruments as a source, and using electronic algorithms.

The response of the instrument (the computer) to the player
is mediated by digitalia, there is no longer the direct creation
of sound by a human being using passive instruments.

The electronics and the machine are an integral part of the
sound, making it one step removed from the source.

To make a long story short, after a brief rant, the computer
will never totally displace traditional instruments; however,
commercial music may become overwhelmingly done
by computer because they work a lot cheaper than humans
and most musical applications nowadays can be reduced
to jingles, catchy melodies and intense rhythm, which
computers are equipped to handle.

Computers can make some interesting sounds, and can be
used to alter sound produced from physical instruments in
pleasing and, sometimes clever, ways.

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