"I suspect that some of what I see credited on CD covers as "programming" might be this kind of work, but I'm not really happy with that term."..... ???

but it does seem to be the appropriate term to describe
what you want to..


..and it was definitely a cool and 'sexy' hip new term back in the early days of midi recording


ok.. so what about these simple alternative,
or something similarthen..



"Midi [& Sample] Editing / Manipulation .." ???


"Digital Music Data Editor" ..???????


"21st Century Post-Atomic Space Age Computer Music Composition Technicial Commander".. !!!???