As the liner notes state, the entire album is synthesized, meaning that "All the music and sounds heard on this recording were directly digitally generated.

This eliminates all the limitations of microphones, the weak link necessary in nearly all other digital recordings, including those that use 'sampling' technologies.

Dave Benson wrote: It seems that for most users of synthesizers the extra freedom has not had much effect, in the sense that most music involving synthesizers is written using the equal tempered twelve tone scale.

A notable exception is Wendy Carlos, who has composed a great deal of music for synthesizers using many different scales.

[Benson] particularly recommend[s] Beauty in the Beast...(SYNCD 200, Audion, 1986, Passport Records, Inc.).