FM Synthesis & The DX7: The Digital Takeover

How John Chowning's Stanford math became the best-selling synthesizer ever — and the bell pianos and glass lasers that soundtracked all of the 1980s.

Playlist by @synthesizer_history

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Yamaha DX7 - The Synthesizer that Defined the '80s — Polyphonic
2. Yamaha DX7 - Famous Sounds Demo — Synths Stories
3. ORIGIN OF THE DX7 & FM SYNTHESIS — madFame
4. John Chowning, Computer Music, DX7 & FM Discovery — Anthony Marinelli Music
5. Dr. John Chowning - The History of FM Synthesis | Knobcon 2019 — Under the Big Tree
6. John Chowning "Origins of FM Synthesis" (Web 85) — Audio Engineering Society, Inc.
7. Max Mathews & John Chowning - Music Meets the Computer — Computer History Museum
8. Yamaha DX7 - Shining Moments 80's (1 of 2) — Jason Mysteria
9. How the Yamaha DX7 Reshaped Pop Music in the 1980s — Nostalgic Explorer
10. MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: Dave Bristow & The History of Yamaha FM Synthesis — matrixsynth