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

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32 points by Rochus4 hours ago

3 comments

  • franky472 hours 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.
  • wmf2 hours ago
    This guy should have invented file permissions.
    • Lio35 minutes ago
      You could say he now owns file permissions.
    • dreamcompiler45 minutes ago
      John Chmoding did that.
    • QuantumNomad_2 hours ago
      Took me a moment to understand! Clever :)
  • ahartmetz1 hour ago
    The first surprise for me is that it wasn't invented in Japan, which I just assumed because all the best-known FM chips and synthesizers are from Japan.