John Chowning, the American who invented FM synthesis — and why everyone assumes it came from Japan

Oral history of John Chowning, inventor of FM synthesis [video]

A Hacker News discussion of an oral-history video with John Chowning, the Stanford researcher who invented FM synthesis. Commenters recall attending his lectures and growing up with Yamaha DX-series synths, and one notes the surprise that FM synthesis was not invented in Japan, since the best-known FM chips and synthesizers come from there. A pun about file permissions also lands.