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begin I’d like to share some basic ideas behind such
an affirmation:

1) Less than 1% of people (actually a lot less) can't distinguish
between a recorded "real" instrument (like piano, accordion,
flute, violin, bass, guitar) and a decent, today's "industry
standard", computer emulation of those instruments, that
what they're hearing may be something "fake".

2) Computer-based sound is so versatile nowadays; it
can produce as many subtle nuances as a competent
performer could want. If you want to produce music
as organic as a soulful electric guitar solo, with Latin
percussion so pristine you can hear the fingerprints
on the congas, while your grandma makes a beat with
a fork and a cheese grater, it is possible. It's up to the
skill of the person behind the computer.

3) Most actual music is made in computers, even in
traditional genres like acoustic, country and a lot of
classical used for film & TV (if you didn't know that, it's
because of #1). On the other hand, jazz and old-fashioned
blues are not using computer-generated that much.

4) There are "hardware interfaces" capable of turning
computers into legit musical instruments. With a keyboard
interface, you can play music like you’re playing a piano
and pressure sensitive keys react to your touch a lot like a
real instrument. Even guitar-like controllers can pick up
the expressive playing of the performer, in the case of the
guitar, the controller feels fake in your hands. But going
back to #1, nobody will notice it.

5) Some people even like the computer kind of sound in
music, now everybody is exaggerating the fake quality
of the sound because of that, and also because they just
don't care enough to mimic real instruments anymore. It
usually sounds terrible but well... back to #1.

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