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〉In the 23 years since
Computer Music Magazine
first launched, home musicmaking technology has undergone some rapid, dramatic changes. As boxy desktop computers were supplanted by sleek, powerful laptops, we watched the gradual rise of the internet – and the resultant music streaming industry – completely upturn consumer attitudes towards music itself. For the home producer, increasingly user-friendly gear has made many processes far easier, though little has changed at heart. All the while,
Computer Music
has kept a fixed focus on giving the average musician the tools, skills and insight into the best methods to expand their creative imagination – without shelling out a fortune. That ambition continues today.
Poring over our decades-spanning archive also reveals a story of an industry-wide sea change, as the very concept of ‘computer music-making’ shifted from a novel production approach to being the cornerstone of pretty much everyone’s setup by the 2020s.