[sdiy] Yamaha DXy DCO's

[Don Tillman]

   > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:14:21 -0800
   > From: Peter Grenader <peter at buzzclick-music.com>
   > 
   > Don Tillman wrote:
   > 
   > > he DX7 also deserves a lot of credit for turning a
   > > technical limitation into a whole new expressive tool.
   > 
   > woah woah... I agree with you totally, but Yamaha bought this
   > technology.  I can't discredit them for the excellent job they
   > did once they got it, but it wasn't theirs.

Maybe yes, maybe no.  The Chowning patent specifically describes
really slow multi-cycle-shift-and-add multiply operations while the
Yamaha patent shows how it can be done without any real-time
multiplies.

Certainly both parties were aware of the expense of real-time
multiplies, but I can't say that I know who was actually responsible
for turning the technical limitation into a new expressive tool.

   > Another interesting tidbit - abooot the same time, actually two
   > years before, they were contemplating purchasing the Buchla 200
   > rights from Don.  Barry Schrader went to Irvineto the Yamaha USA
   > HQ with Don to demo it for their high rollers there.  Obviously,
   > they 'got' what CBS didn't - that these machines were very
   > off-Broadway and passed.

Nobody ever accused Buchla of being mainstream.  :-)

  -- Don

-- 
Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don at till.com
http://www.till.com