NOTACON 5: FM Synthesis - Beyond the Adlib

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Uploaded by on Jun 7, 2011

Speaker: Jake "virt" Kaufman

Like Silly Putty, potato chips, and penicillin, FM synthesis was a delightful accident. It was most famously used in the Yamaha DX-7 keyboard, allegedly designed by the Japanese as revenge for World War II, and seen by the knob-twisting analog crowd as "like trying to paint your hallway from outside through the letterbox." Despite this, it took pop music by storm, and inexpensive one-chip FM synthesizers flooded into in video games, home computers, and even mobile phones.

Luckily for us, an entire industry of pointy-headed sound programmers has largely tamed FM since the 80s, and figured out how to create every type of sound imaginable. In an uncanny impression of an expert synthesist, Jake will show that for all its mathematical intrigue and spy-novel thrills, FM is easy, free, and fun to use, and sounds neat!

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  • What. In. The. F***K. Is. "FM" ??

  • very concise, nicely conveyed, a+ 100% bro for life, backed hard.

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