How are computers used in music industries in brief?

Answer 1

Right now, computers produce most of the music out there. Back in the good ol' days you would do everything analog and record to a tape which was then pressed. Now everything is being done in computers with programs like Pro Tools, Garageband, Cubase, Audacity, etc.

Essentially in a reocrding studio the big console has been replaced with a computer. Granted most studios still use the console with the computer but the final product is on a hard drive, or burnt to a disc.

Aside from just the recording part of music, the ability to network with computers has really effected the music industry. Now people can find new artists on the internet. Musicians can find other musicians via sites like Craigslist. I can make a song, and email it to someone to add their parts to it, and send it back to me to edit. Then we can take that and email it somewhere to be mastered, and printed. All without leaving our house.

Then you get into songs being able to be downloaded, and bought of the internet and all of that.

Computers have really changed almost everything about the music industry.

Answer 2

DAW is to the music industry as CAD is to the draft and design field. Knowledge in how to navigate and use the software is essential in this day and age. Every successful studio in America has a DAW on its tool rack. Even Johnny Cash used Pro Tools.

Answer 3

Computers have largely simplified a lot of the music production process to outright replacing certain hardware components, like DJ software, DAWs (digital audio workstations), or virtual synthesizers and effects. With many options available, musicians, producers, and audio engineers are able to optimize their workflow.