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ew connections are as natural as music and computers; the inherently
mathematical roots of music and the ability of computers to process large amounts of
numerical information quickly led to the early development of the Musical Instrument
Digital Interface (MIDI) to allow large computers both to communicate with musical
instruments and produce music digitally. More recently, the explosion of both the number
and power of home PC's has placed computer-based music within the reach of almost any user
of a home computer.
In Music and The Home Computer, we'll describe some of the interesting ways
that the home computer user can learn about, enjoy, and even create music. We'll discuss
how you can use your home computer to enjoy and increase your knowledge of music through
"music appreciation" software, aid in learning an instrument, indulge your
creative impulses by actually writing and publishing music on the computer, describe how
music and sound are created on the PC and discuss digital music. Each of these is a large
area and we can only scratch the surface in talking about them here. We hope that, through
these articles, we can at least help make you aware of how your computer can enrich your
life and that of your children through music.
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