Such functionality may include digital signal processing or sound synthesis.

Adam Berry, the show's original score composer, used sound synthesis to simulate a small orchestra, and frequently alluded to existing famous pieces of music.

Essynth is a mathematical model for interactive sound synthesis based on the evolutionary computation which uses genetic operators and fitness functions to create sound.

Evolutionary sound synthesis is a related technique for generating sounds or synthesizer instruments.

Two further major 1950s developments were the origins of digital sound synthesis by computer, and of algorithmic composition programs beyond rote playback.

An audio programming language is a programming language specifically optimized for sound and music production or sound synthesis.

International attention increased in 1971 with the purchase of a PDP-15 computer which was used to develop programs for algorithmic composition and digital sound synthesis.

Gehring also expresses an interest in digital sound synthesis.

There are also some tracker-like programs that utilize tracker-style sequencing schemes, while using real-time sound synthesis instead of samples.

Werder lived in Melbourne and his teaching included influential courses in electronic music and sound synthesis.