Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Xn3030IvM

16•Rochus•2h ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chowning

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wmf•34m ago

This guy should have invented file permissions.

QuantumNomad_•16m ago

Took me a moment to understand! Clever :)

franky47•29m ago

I was lucky to be given a lecture on FM synthesis by John Chowning himself during his visit of my home town about 20 years ago. As a kid that grew up playing a Yamaha DX11, that was a great moment.

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