The Father of the Digital Synthesizer
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Interesting article about our own John Chowining on pricenomics.com. Enjoy!
Long before Stanford University was considered a technology powerhouse, its most lucrative patent came from an under-spoken composer in its music department. Over the course of two decades, his discovery, "frequency modulation synthesis," made the school more than $25 million in licensing fees.