I'm not too stringent with any concrete definitions here, but one of the things that came to mind when considering that possibility of a fresh look was Sonic Pi

I'm not too stringent with any concrete definitions here, but one of the things that came to mind when considering that possibility of a fresh look was Sonic Pi, which lets you code music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suH_goWVBeA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suH_goWVBeA I'm fairly certain that it's quite different, when compared to decades if not centuries of past methods, all thanks to someone with a particular set of software development skills taking a new look at the already existing approaches and deciding to do something different.