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FM synthesisA technique for generating the sounds of musical instruments for MIDI playback. Used in cellphones for ringtones and low-end sound cards, FM synthesis does not create sound as faithfully as wavetable synthesis, which uses actual samples of the instruments. See MIDI and wavetable synthesis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On two associated projects in the late 1970's at AT&T Bell Laboratories (now Lucent Technologies) Fast worked with direct-to-disk digital recording, sampling and resynthesis, computer control of synthesizers, computer generated FM synthesis and other techniques years before they entered the mainstream. Staccato's solution incorporates physical modeling, a method that transcends the limitations of previous generation audio technologies such as wave table and FM synthesis. Yamaha pioneered FM synthesis in the 1970s and PC sound in the 1980s, and was one of the first companies to successfully develop wavetable and sampling technologies that have found wide acceptance in today's computer and electronic musical instrument industries. |
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