Over the past 30 years, we’ve been first-hand witnesses to a lot of changes in the ways we make music. Having spent much of this 30th anniversary issue taking stock of where we’ve been, let’s take a punt at guessing where we’re going. What will music technology look like in 30 years’ time? In 2052 we may well be laughing at everything that we got wrong…
Everything, everywhere
A recurring trend throughout the development of music tech has been a slow march toward simplified connectivity. Through the introduction of MIDI, downsizing of audio interfaces, the implementation of things like Firewire, Thunderbolt, USB-C and Bluetooth, over the past few decades it’s become far simpler to get the various devices in your studio to talk to one another, and
