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As director of the Center for Computer Research and Musical Acoustics at Stanford University [CCRMA], John Chowning has long been an articulate and enthusiastic spokesman for music produced by electronic means. While still a graduate student in composition at Stanford in 1964, he became interested in electronic music. Since the school had no analog synthesis equipment but did have a large computer, he jumped directly into digital synthesis.
In the '70s, the results of his research in the field of digital FM synthesis were licensed to Yamaha, and the rest is history. As you will discover from this exclusive, two-part interview, Dr. Chowning's keen insights are important for any student of FM. In part 1, Chowning explains his early work with FM, and describes the convoluted pathway that connected his original theory of digital FM to its current pinnacle of commercial success - the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer.
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