Programming (music)

Electronic devices and computer software, such as sequencers and workstations, as well as hardware synthesisers, samplers and sequencers, are used to create the sounds of musical instruments during the creation and performance of music. Also common in "modern" pop and rock music from different parts of the globe, as well as jazz and current classical music, is the usage of the word "modern."

An artist who creates a sound or "patch" (either entirely from scratch or with the assistance of a synthesizer/sampler) or utilises a sequencer to create an arrangement of a song is known as a music programmer.