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    FM SYNTHS

    Jan 28, 2020 2 minutes

    Last month we explored virtual analog (VA) instruments, which use subtractive synthesis to generate electronic sounds. This month, let’s explore more complex methods of sound generation. In the 1980s, when digital synthesis technology came to the fore, Yamaha’s DX7 keyboard popularised a glossier, cleaner approach to sound generation for a new, well, generation: Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis.

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