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The Machine that Learned to Sing
A look at the first computer music
4/4i — Episode 1
Machines That Learned to Sing
The Birth of Computer Music (1950s–1970s)
Hosted by The Composer
Episode Description
How did computers learn to make music?
Long before modern AI music generators, a small group of engineers and composers were teaching room-sized computers to produce sound. In 1957, Bell Labs engineer Max Mathews wrote the first widely used computer program for digital sound synthesis, launching the field of computer music.