Is a Computer an Instrument?

~~Odyshape~~ · 03-31-2010, 07:50 PM

If you can make sound with a computer I would consider it an instrument

Insane Guest · 03-31-2010, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Odyshape

If you can make sound with a computer I would consider it an instrument

If my iPod makes sound, is it an instrument? I didn't think so.

~~Odyshape~~ · 04-01-2010, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

If my iPod makes sound, is it an instrument? I didn't think so.

But you have control over the sound with a computer.

Insane Guest · 04-01-2010, 11:03 AM

So is a whistle an instrument? Like the soccer whistle?

**Janszoon** · 04-01-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

So is a whistle an instrument? Like the soccer whistle?

I'd say yes. After all, they are used in some types of music such as samba.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 04-01-2010, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xEMGx

If my iPod makes sound, is it an instrument? I didn't think so.

If you use it in the production of music. Anything that contributes to the piece that is being performed or the piece that is being recorded is an instrument, at least for that time. Whether I bang on my iPod with a stick for purcussion or I hit play and sounds come out of it. Anything can be used as an instrument. It's not a question of "Oh well that means my CAT is an instrument". Of course your cat is a cat. But if you recorded your cat with a piece or got him to meow with a piece, then he is being used as an instrument and therefor is an instrument/

Insane Guest · 04-01-2010, 01:12 PM

^I'll go by that, if it makes sounds that produce music, it's an instrument. If it makes random sounds, it's noise.

Go!Love · 04-01-2010, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Then consider yourself a composer, if you don't feel that you are a musician because you use your computer to create music. There were plenty of composers who wrote music for instruments that they haven't actually played.

I like this. Thank you.

Neapolitan · 04-01-2010, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Go!Love

I like this. Thank you.

You're welcome

supasteveify · 04-02-2010, 07:46 AM

A compter is not a musical instrument.

A computer can only emulate the sounds of a musical instrument.

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~~Odyshape~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 526	If you can make sound with a computer I would consider it an instrument

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Insane Guest Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: CA Posts: 1,322	^I'll go by that, if it makes sounds that produce music, it's an instrument. If it makes random sounds, it's noise.

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