I've noticed an overabundance of MtM Troons in the field of digital music production, whether as a profession or a hobby. This is at odds with the fact that fewer women tend to produce music electronically, and even fewer do so professionally. And the ones who do tend to do so on synthesizers, not on computer software, and tend to stick to tried-and-true sounds (such as realistic pianos or 80s-style synths) instead of anything that blurs the line between music and noise.
But I think it makes sense psychologically.
Consider the human voice. Women's voices don't break nearly as much during puberty, so their singing tones generally remain pleasant during this awkward transition – meaning that teenage girls tend to keep singing if they are musical during this period. Men's voices, on the other hand, resemble geese during this time – which may drive them away from singing, and perhaps towards playing electric instruments if one is still musically inclined.
But even after this awkward phase is done, MtM's still have the dysphoria, and many of them, being autistic, lack the coordination to make an axe scream with sexy fire.
I think as an instrument, the computer is almost the opposite of the voice. Both instruments have two things in common: (1) neither is purpose-built as an instrument, but rather a tool that most people have at their disposal, and (2) they can produce a wide variety of sounds. However, the difference lies in both biology and individual capacity. A sufficiently powerful computer will run any software synth capable of playing back samples and/or generating new tones from math, and a great operator can make their own sounds that exist nowhere in nature – and while piano skills can help, they are far from necessary. With the voice, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit, and people who grew up speaking the same language are more-or-less limited to the same basic "presets", though with vastly different qualities that allow a good listener to infer information about the interlocutor.
Electronic music (as a medium overall, not the genre commonly called "techno") in all its variants has thrived in Internet culture, with a similar emphasis on micro-labeling to gender politics. Many of these styles almost completely throw out traditional conceptions of music. I think the Ben Shapiro controversy about rap is overblown since the inflections of a rapper can be thought of as a loose melody, but between harsh noise (which sounds nearly identical to a radio with shit reception) and vaporwave (a nebulous take on 80s synth instrumentals with varying degrees of originality), it seems like this medium appeals to boundary pushers. Obviously, it appeals to introverted computer nerds, as well as autistics who struggle with motor skills and therefore do better approaching recreational noisemaking as a sensory chain reaction, not a performing art.
The fact that the dominant pop style has been digital for so long has perhaps attracted a lot of trans-identified males because of its shallow feminine exterior, yet the style is ultimately rigid, harsh, and loud. Cis women who actually use the software, and don't just sing into it, tend to have mellower styles.
Cis women's ears are on average twice as sensitive (which is often reported as a 3-decibel difference) to sound, and also tend to perceive sound as "loud" at a lower threshold than men. This boost is higher in the highs, so anything buzzy, screechy, harsh, overly electronic, high-pitched or metallic will generally be more annoying for women than for men. (though this doesn't explain why so many women make and watch ASMR content... though those sounds tend to be natural) I've noticed that women who are fans of pop tend to describe it as somewhat hard-hitting, while men almost speak of it as if it were easy listening.
Expanding on this, the emotions conveyed by edm tend to be more ambiguous than those conveyed by say, cinematic music. In cinematic music, there are happy and sad sounds, etc., that have clear associations with the plot of the movie. But if you look in a forum of people who don't like dubstep, for example, they can't agree on whether it's too aggressive or completely devoid of any emotion at all. Synthesizers, being a recent invention, are so ambiguous. This seems like it would appeal to sensory autistics, who don't want to feel deep-seated empathy – they're just trying to make their little axons spark with joy.
Let's expand on this even further : I think women have a higher prerogative for perceiving sound objectively, that is, as a way of recognizing physical phenomenon and/or messages that convey information. Yelling can lead to violence. Even the quiet sound of a doorknob across the house can spell danger. The philosophy of electronic music, which is roughly equivalent to a cartoon consisting of colored shapes and flashing lights devoid of characters or plot points, is at odds with this survival mechanism.
