Jose Rodriguez p1 Computer music By Jose D Rodriguez 1951 first computer music (1951) The world's first computer to play music was the CSIR Mark 1 1957 max Mathews writes music (1957) 1982 Commodore 64 launched (1982) 1985 Atari releases the ST (1985) 1989 Steinberg releases Cubase (1989) 1991 Sound Blaster Pro soundcard (1991) 1997 Virtual Studio Technology(1997) 11,983 The birth of MIDI (1983)