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Yasunori Mochida
16-Jan-1974 Cal Quate invention disclosure and subsequnet Yamaha correspondence
13-Dec-1974 Letter to Yamaha regarding FM synthesis technique
26-Jan-1975 Letter to Yamaha regarding FM synthesis technique
18-Mar-1976 Letter to Yamaha regarding visit plans and technical developments
27-Apr-1976 Letter from Stanford to Yamaha re: Chowning visit and other inventions
1-Apr-1978 Cover letter from Yamaha to accompany FM MOS chips
14-Apr-1978 Letter from Yohei Nagai (Yamaha) to John Chowning re: trip to Japan and FM progress
18-Apr-1978 Reply letter from Chowning to Yohei Nagai (Yamaha) re: trip to Japan and FM progress
18-Apr-1978 Letter from Chowning to Yasunori Mochida (Yamaha) re: planned visit to Japan
25-Apr-1978 Letter from Chowning to Yasunori Mochida (Yamaha) re: planned visit to Japan
30-Aug-1978 Letter from Stanford to Yamaha regarding NED patent infringement
1979 Schedule for John Chowning visit to Japan
18-Jun-1979 Letter from Yamaha to Chowning re: visit logistics and plans
2-Nov-1979 Letter from Chowning to Yamaha to request gift of equipment
2-Nov-1979 Letter from Chowning to Yohei Nagai re: visit plans and correspondence
2-Nov-1979 MISSING!
2-Nov-1979 Letter of thanks from Chowning to Yamaha Chairman of the Board following visit
19-Mar-1980 Letter from Yamaha regarding visit plans and unwanted media coverage
16-Apr-1980 Letter from Chowning to Yamaha regarding unwanted media coverage
21-Apr-1980 Memo from John Chowning re: funding problems for CCRMA
1-May-1981 License agreement with Yamaha
3-Jan-1984 Cover note from Chowning to Yamaha to accompany non-working Yamaha computer
10-Dec-1984 Letter to Yamaha regarding relationships with other Japanese companies
1-Mar-1985 Letter from Yamaha director to Niels Reimers re: FM progress and applications
9-Mar-1985 Telex from Hiro Kato (Yamaha) re: plans to visit CCRMA
11-Sep-1985 Letter from Chowning to Yamaha to request equipment for digital recording studio
27-Sep-1985 Letter from Yamaha to acknowledge Chowning request for YCAMS studio
12-Nov-1985 Email from Chowning to Yamaha re: "X" series impact and planned composition
12-Oct-1986 Letter from Chowning to Sony on physical modeling of singing voice
31-Oct-1986 Telex from Chowning to Yamaha re: Sony relationship and visit
27-May-1987 List of attendees and contact info for CCRMA Associates meeting
Mar-1994 Wired article on Stanford, CCRMA, and Yamaha
no date Notes re: FM royalty rates
This archive is maintained by Andrew Nelson. Please email updates and corrections to aj (at) ccrma.stanford.edu. Please note that archival materials are intended for non-commercial purposes and may be protected by copyright laws that prohibit further duplication or distribution.

These documents stem largely from the personal collections of various CCRMA-lites. The Special Collections at the Stanford University Libraries (SUL) contain 40 linear feet of additional archival materials. For contents and access, please see the SUL catalog entry and the Online Archive of California collection guide.