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Years ago, I read in a newspaper about a band that uses only instruments synthesised by tablet computers. They used a particular term for such a band. But now that paper is lost.
Can anybody tell me what word is used for a music-band that use computer synthesised instrument.
Hm, lots of interpretations here.
If you're looking for a genre where the songs are primarily computer-synthesized music, I'd call that "electronic music", but this usually comes with some implicit awareness that you're referring to a particular style of music. e.g., most people think of electronic music along the lines of techno, EDM, chiptune, etc., whereas they might not classify a transcription of "classical music" played in MIDI as electronic music.
If synthesizers are the dominant instrument, I'd call it a "synth band" or a "synthpop band".
I noticed your emphasis on "tablet computers". If you mean tablet computers are necessary to the performance or recording, maybe you mean "Controllerism"? They use tablet computers (along with hacked-together electronic instruments of their own design) to compose and perform music.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controllerism
http://mmmmaven.com/2015/02/27/controllerism-a-different-and-interactive-way-to-perform/
In singular I think such a person may be referred to as an e-jay.
(Two or more people may get together on a collab and generate digital music/video).
Such an assembly is often called a laptop orchestra, particularly when they play avant-garde or experimental music. Here is an example of a performance by the Stanford Laptop Orchestra and some interviews with the Princeton Laptop Orchestra.
