It didn't look that way at the time, mind you, with so many established analogue synth manufacturers going to the wall in the face of the Yamaha DX7's FM synthesis onslaught. But look at things ...
Remember, Yamaha's long history in synthesis means even their entry-level instruments benefit from decades of innovation. Whether you're drawn to classic FM sounds or modern hybrid synthesis, there's ...
However, the Sega Genesis took a different path at the end of the videogame chipmusic era, packing a YM2612 FM synthesis chip to deliver fat basslines and searing solos. [Thea] has always been a ...
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 ...
[Emilio] pulled one of these cards with an ADLIB OPL2 chip on it, and used a PIC micro to create his very own FM synthesis synth (IT, translatatron, although Google is screwing up the formatting).