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John Chowning

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American composer and inventor of FM sound synthesis

United StatesMusiciansBorn 1934 · age 92
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John M. Chowning is an American composer, musician, discoverer, and professor best known for his work at Stanford University, the founding of CCRMA - Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in 1975 and his development of the digital implementation of FM synthesis and the digital sound spatialization while...

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2002honorary doctorate of the University of the Mediterranean - Aix Marseille II

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John M. Chowning is an American composer, musician, discoverer, and professor best known for his work at Stanford University, the founding of CCRMA - Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in 1975 and his development of the digital implementation of FM synthesis and the digital sound spatialization while there.

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United States
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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living
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Born 1934 · age 92
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