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From: leo@Tandem.COM (Leo Hejza)
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Date: 16 Oct 90 17:15:22 GMT
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Thanks to all those who pointed me at the new version of csound which produces u-law sparc sound files directly.

Now a couple of questions. Does a library of orchestra sounds exist anywhere. I'm mostly interested in traditional instrumental sounds. Any help will be appreciated.

Next, I did my work in electronic music in grad school 16 years ago. There was no
common FM systhesis done. Our sum total of digital was a 16 event sequencer on a Buchla synthesizer. Things were all analog. Advanced was an ARP 2600.

Can anyone point me to some articals or papers which sxplain the rational behind FM systhesis. Also any other more current references would be appreciated.