ABSTRACT
Making sounds on a computer allows synthesis and sampling to be controlled in detail, whilst still seeing them in context. Whilst plug-ins appears to be a direct conversion of existing digital software to use on a computer, they share one very significant feature with computer software, and in many ways increase its importance-ongoing updates. The personal computer (PC) reversed things, so that a single person could monopolize a whole processor, although the reader could also connect the PC to a mainframe. With provision for inputting and outputting both audio and musical instrument digital interface (MIDI), as well as allowing access to the screen display for the user interface, the software manufacturers have provided more than just a simple flexibility point to allow for oversights in functions, sounds of effects. Plug-in synthesizers mean that MIDI cabling is no longer needed, and having all of the sounds immediately available without Sysex downloads and librarian software is far more convenient.
