[sdiy] For you FM synthesis fans

David G Dixon dixon at mail.ubc.ca
Mon Nov 17 00:25:48 CET 2014


Wow!  That's a fantastic machine!!!  Very inspiring.  If they could build a
machine to do Fourier analysis in 1901, then we should be able to build an
analog additive synthesizer. 

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> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of 
> David Griffith
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 2:46 PM
> To: Synth DIY
> Subject: [sdiy] For you FM synthesis fans
> 
> 
> Here's a restored Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer.  
> Those of you who get a kick out of FM synthesis will 
> appreciate these videos and the concept of a strictly 
> mechanical device doing and plotting fourier transforms.
> 
> I would love for the Computer History Museum to get one of these.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0INsTTU1k2UYO9Mck-i5HN
qGNW5AeEwq
> 
> --
> David Griffith
> dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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