music:programmer

Programmed drums, synths, and sequenced parts.

A music programmer builds musical parts by instructing machines rather than playing an instrument into a microphone. Working in software and on hardware, this trade designs a sound and then sequences notes, rhythms, velocities, and timing. The result is a concrete, editable part that sounds: a drum pattern, a synth line, a sequence. Songwriters, composers, and producers hand over melodies and direction; performers add live takes over the bed, and a mix engineer carries the parts forward. The programmer makes a sounding object exist from instruction.