[linux-audio-user] FM7 ?

[Brad Fuller]

Dave Phillips wrote:

> John Check wrote:
>
>> On Sunday 12 December 2004 06:13 pm, Dave Phillips wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Greetings, Earthlings:
>>>
>>>  As a long-time fan of FM synthesis I've been wondering whether I
>>>   
>>
>>
>> There's something you don't hear every day
>>
> You mean the FM fanboy part ? I guess it's a little unusual, but that 
> was the first synthesis method I learned. I bought a TX81Z when it 
> first came out and I really tore into it. For me, FM synthesis has 
> never been as difficult as some people make it out to be.
>
>> Are you interested in a Casio VZ-8M? I was planning on cannibalizing 
>> it for
>> the case, but it's a pretty groovy piece if you like FM.  
>>
> Ooh, that's a nice piece ! Alas, Xmas has wiped me out, I'm already 
> totally broke, and there's still rent to pay.  :(
>
> Man, you should keep that board, it's a sweetheart. :)
>
Count me in on one who likes FM.  You can do a lot with FM, even with 4 
operators. We used the YM2151 - a Yamaha 4 operator FM chip -- in many 
of our games at Atari (from 1984 to maybe 1994)  Using a single 1MHz 
6502 to feed the YM2151 - only 8 monophonic channels; still a milestone 
in arcade sound. And I think most of them sound pretty good.
A lot of experimenting to get interesting sounds... but ,that's the fun 
part.

brad