First Recording Of Comp-Made Music Restored

Researchers from New Zealand said on 26 September that they have restored the first recording of computer generated music, created in 1951 on a contraption built by Briton Alan Turing. The aural artifact which paved the way for everything from synthesizers to modern electronic, opens with the UK anthem. The recording was made 65 years ago by a BBC outside broadcast unit in Manchester. University of Canterbury professor Jack Copeland and composer Jason Long fixed it with electronic detective work, tweaking audio speed, compensating for a “wobble” in the recording and filtering out extraneous noise.