The Role of Music Programming on Computers for Music Production

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In today’s world technology has evolved and is still evolving to better for everyone in the world. Most importantly from what I saw music technology to what artists use have done a phenomenal out take on the way it brought out music production. Within this music programing on computers plays a big role.

There are many computer programs used in music and by music artists. “Music notation software has been around for more than two decades, and during that time, many programs have appeared and disappeared”(7:Thompson).One of programs known is Finale which is music notation software that uses playback, lets artist compose parts and also edit sounds within dynamics. It's currently in use by a majority of organizations, schools, and independent artists and composers. This program also has brought out even success too.

Finale was made by a company known as MakeMusicInc. which founded in 1988 by Phil Farrand who wrote Nitpicker's guides for Star-Trek and X-files. He also wrote the original coda music software which then became MakeMusicInc. After every year, Finale releases a newer version of their software. Their latest software is Finale 2014 for Windows and Macintosh.

Finale has over 200 instruments built in with human playback and variety from different parts of the world. The price of Finale is in between $249 to $599 depending on version from academic to the professional version. Prices are usually lower for just when user doing an upgrade from older version to a new one. Prices also depend on operating systems they’ll be used on. With this in mind it gives people different choices on what to use.

The purposes for the artists and organizations using this software is to bring in on some of a more realistic feel and sound ...

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... included in the editional software ( 42: Roberts).

Artists like Timbaland, Soulja Boy, Basshunter, Afrojack, and Fabolous use FL studio for their tracks. Also 9th wonder who is major hip-hop producer in the U.S. has often made instrumentals through this program. For many artists and producers, the software has made their lives simpler just literally doing things within a click instead of moving so many controls.

Avicii who has been known as one of the top Swedish DJ’s around uses FL studio for most of his work. He was first introduced to the software when he was 18 by friend in high school and then instantly hooked onto bringing more of his music (19: Ware). Most of the production is by just many lops he’s created to then overlap within around his instrumentals. FL studio believe it or not also came out on version 10 that featured some of Avicci sound effects.

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