About Computer Music Journal
Published continuously since 1977,Computer Music Journal (CMJ) is an MIT Press journal that covers a wide range of topics related to electroacoustic music, digital audio signal processing and music software. The topics addressed in Computer Music Journal include, among other areas:
  • software and hardware for digital audio signal processing
  • electroacoustic, electronic, and computer music
  • software for music notation, printing, and archival systems
  • music representation languages and music cognition
  • new physical performance interfaces
  • sound localization and 3-D sound spatialization
  • sound in computer user interfaces and virtual realities
  • aesthetics of contemporary music

Prior to Volume 49, the Journal was presented in quarterly issues in hard copy and online. Starting in 2026, the Journal has been online only (PDF and XML) with continuous publication, whereby each article is available individually as soon as its production is complete, and volumes are not necessarily divided into issues.

Computer Music Journal includes:
  • feature articles: technical or aesthetical essays, tutorials, surveys, or interviews
  • reviews of events, recordings, publications, and products
  • occasional editor's notes and letters to the editor.
Prior to Volume 49, each issue of the Journal was between 80 and 128 pages long and additionally included:
  • news and announcements relevant to the computer music community
  • extensive new product announcements.
Computer Music Journal also presents an annual online sound and video anthology. It contains music curated by leading figures in the field and may also contain sound examples, video examples, and computer files related to Journal articles.

Editorial Staff

Editor
Douglas Keislar

Managing Editor
Louise Harris

Associate Editors
Brett Terry
George Tzanetakis

Assistant Editors
Brian Bemman
Chuck-jee Chau
Ross Feller
Edmund Hunt

Editorial Consultants
Tae Hong Park
Lonce Wyse

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