Post #401449
2026-02-24 05:06 UTC
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.
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@dr2chase@ohai.social 2026-02-24 13:17
@munificent@mastodon.social 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?"
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@sheldonyoung@fosstodon.org 2026-02-24 18:03
@munificent@mastodon.social Then Roland added samples for transients then called it "linear arithmetic"