BBC Computer Literacy Project

Micro Live 2: If I Had a Hammer (11x3)

Air date: Oct 25, 1985

Few rock and pop records are made today without the help of sophisticated computer-based synthesisers. They can reproduce the sound of virtually any instrument and replay strings of notes more accurately than session musicians. This film traces their development from the 19th-century Telharmonium to the Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument.