The FM-X Development Story

FM Synthesis has certainly evolved from its discovery in 1967 by Dr. John Chowning to the MONTAGE and MODX Music Synthesizers. This article covers its evolution after Yamaha began research and development in 1975. Check it out below!

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Winter NAMM 2019: Interview with FM-Xpert Manny Fernandez

I am so impressed by great synthesizer programming. It is an art, and when you find a sound you love and deconstruct the work of a great programmer you can learn so much. Manny Fernandez is the epitome of a great synth programmer. His FM programming is top-notch and he makes complex things easy to understand in his articles. This is exactly why we asked him to do a reface DX article series and not one but two article series on MONTAGE and MODX FM-X here and here. Check out the interview below, and be amazed at the pure FM-X piano he created with his “component modeling” approach…and just wait until you see founder of FM Synthesis Dr. John Chowning’s reaction to this piano in the interview coming tomorrow!

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