Meet the Italian composer who conducts the world's biggest all-robot orchestra

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Thanks to the digitized instruments found on Pro Tools and GarageBand, any wannabe music producer can command a virtual orchestra in 2018 using no more hardware than a single laptop. If they're really serious about their craft, they might plug in an MIDI keyboard, a guitar, or a stand-alone sampler to go one step further. That's nothing compared to Italian electronic music producer Leonardo Barbadoro. For his latest album, he's still using a computer to program his instruments -- but, thanks to some impressive robot technology, the instruments are all real. In all, Barbadoro's music is composed using a robot orchestra that's capable of playing more than 50 acoustic instruments on command.