As the technical barriers to sound creation collapse, the site of musical invention is shifting. This essay outlines why the pursuit of “new” sounds is a legacy narrative and where the frontier of originality actually resides today.

The persistent moral anxiety surrounding the use of pre-recorded material reflects a tension between traditional craftsmanship and modern modularity. By examining historical precedents and the reality of saturation, the loop can be understood as an instrument in its own right rather than a shortcut.

A look at how sound design has accumulated moral and symbolic weight in electronic music, even as its practical value becomes harder to separate from wider questions of authorship, efficiency and creative focus in an era of abundance.

An examination of authorship and decision-making inside a shared creative system. Rather than treating Logic’s bundled tools as neutral raw material, this piece frames the DAW itself as an instrument whose constraints, affordances and defaults actively shape the work produced within it.