Musical Examples of These Synthesis Approaches

Creator John Chowning (Stanford Univesity) on his creation of FM synthesis

 

Early FM synthesis innovator Jean-Claude Risset, Mutations (1969) with early digital video by Lillian F. Schwartz (1973), both while working at Bell Labs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKGrz4AMbqk

 

John Chowning, Phoné (1981)

 


 

Karplus-Strong innovator David Jaffe (Stanford),  Silicon Valley Breakdown (1983)

 

Hans Tutschku, Elkasia (1999) using modal synthesis (like our resonant filter bank example)

 

Jeff Morris, Harmonies (They Spin) (2004), which also features resonant filter banks