All music lovers or aspirants often come across a term called Music Programming, and we are always curious to know, “What is Music Programming”? So, in this article, I am going to talk about the creative process of Music Creation and how Music programming helps in getting the good tracks.
Understanding Programming
Programming is basically setting up a set of instructions with the help of a computer system. Plenty of programming languages have been created to do live coding and make various computer programs.
These instructions let the computer know to process the information in the set manner and to give the desired results. It is done with the help of computer software.
There are many computer softwares available for Music Creation, these are also called DAW (digital audio workstation). Few popular DAWs are Logic Pro, Cubase, Protools, Abelton Live, etc. These softwares are the open-source of creativity. They have various features; however, they also have some common features which you can find in all of them, these common features are called creative common attribution.
The Music programmers generally pick up the DAW as per their requirements and features of DAW.
Programming music is a technical thing that needs knowledge of DAWs. Gathering the DAW knowledge is not a difficult job, however, the more you use it, the more you will get pro.
Music Programming includes many steps:
- Arranging the recorded tracks (layers) in a systematic way.
- Cleaning the tracks (removing noise/cuts/pops etc.)
- Arranging the music pieces or tracks as per the song tempo.
- Giving effects (compression, reverb, delay, etc.) to various tracks so that it sounds beautiful.
- Recording/Arranging a few Musical Instruments through MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).
- Mixing a song track
There can be many more steps involved in the entire process of Music Creation, depending upon the song requirement, listener’s choice, and Music Trends.
How are computers used in music?
Computers are highly used in the music industry; they are the primary utility at many steps in music creation. The DAWs are computer programs or software that enable music creation to the users. And of course, these DAWs need computers to run on.
The computers are needed to capture the recorded sounds and save in the memory so that these saved sounds can later be designed and altered in a way to give expected results as an output.
Many Music Programmers and Music Producers with sound knowledge of DAWs often do the song mixing and mastering. The technology in the latest DAWs lets you perform any function in your song that you can think of. Also, it depends upon the programmer how creatively he/she is working on the software to get the best results.
Music programming is one of the most essential processes to create good studio-recorded music. All music lovers or aspirants often come across this.
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