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A Brief History of Computer Music

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This talk surveys the history of music made with code, from early computer music pioneers to video game soundtracks and its influence on popular culture. It considers how musicians created large sounds with limited technology and how algorithms can generate continuous soundtracks.

Syllabus

Intro
The Iliac Suite
The First Computer
Silver Scales
Digital PDP8
Unattended Computer
First Live Performance
Bell Laboratories
Karaoke
Daisy
Space Invaders
Music Machine
Commodore 64
Mule
Super Mario
Daft Punk
Atari St
Commodore Amiga
Pong 2 Soundtrack
Eric Nors
Battlestar XB2
Calvin Harris
Mega Drive
Yamaha DX7
Street Fighter
Wing Commander
Space Opera
The Golden Era
Mental Wealth
Wipeout
Nintendo 64
Mario 64
Brian Eno
Spore
No Mans Sky
Quake
Omnicron
Moonwalker
Sonic
Xenon
Red Dead Redemption 2
Music for Writing
This Does Not
The Eurovision Song Contest
Refusion
Detroit HipHop
Nick Cave
Drake
Dance with the Devil
Drake Nick Cave
Machines making most of the music
Have your own band

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