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Subject: Re: Various forms of synthesis
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Date: 22 Feb 90 13:06:00 GMT
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The reason for the variety in terminology is usually marketing and often
simply a lack of systematic thinking.  It is also part of the aversion
to mathematical and scientific thinking.

The worst one I ever saw was in one of the early Yamaha manuals for the
DX7.  The referred to frequency modulation as "tickling and operator."

Inventing new terms for old concepts is just confusing and makes an already
difficult task harder.

Gary