  Why does music software have bugs?  When you buy a washing
machine, it's unlikely that it'll turn itself off half way
through the first spin cycle – you'd be straight onto the
retailer for a refund or replacement if it did. And when you
plug in a new TV, you can be pretty confident that it won't
change channel unless you instruct it to do so.  Sadly, though,
music software isn't quite so predictable. In fact, most of us
are pleasantly surprised when we install a new application or
plug-in and it does work exactly as it should.  It's not
entirely clear who coined the term 'bug' in relation to problems
with software – it's often attributed to engineers who found a
fried moth playing havoc with the circuitry of an old valve
computer, but the usage of this word to denote malfunctions in
electronic and mechanical devices predates this. What's more
important, though, is that we establish precisely what bugs are.
Does not compute  Angus Baigent sums things up pretty
succinctly: "A bug is when a part of the progra