wil bierbaumFeb 24
Bob Nystrom
Little known fact, but when John Chowning first discovered/invented FM synthesis, it stood for "fuckin' mental synthesis". Yamaha made him come up with some mathematical "frequency modulation" nonsense instead in order to sell DX7s in regions with profanity laws.
Feb 24 at 5:06amWeb
Show threaddr2chaseFeb 24
@munificent Studied FM modulation in the signals/communication class senior year in college, cannot tell if this is true or a joke, it's consistent with the math. "The spectrum is a Bessel function? WTF?"
Show threadSheldon YoungFeb 24
@munificent Then Roland added samples for transients then called it "linear arithmetic"