Welcome to Talk to the Chip! This is a podcast dedicated to the pioneers of electronic music and their works. Hosts Prof. Elif Yalvaç and Prof. Jono Podmore (Kumo) discuss works that stand out as special for them and link them to other ideas and perspectives from across the wider spectrum of music.
In episode 32 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss John Chowning's Stria, an early piece pioneering FM synthesis which went on to change the sound of popular music.
Links to references in the podcast
https://murmureintemporel1.bandcamp.com/track/john-chowning-stria-1977
https://thehistoryofelectroacousticmusic.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-electronic-electroacoustic-music-1937-2001-62
https://www.discogs.com/release/31024141-John-Chowning-Stria
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/user/jc/notes_imprec_recording.pdf
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/sasp/Frequency_Modulation_FM_Synthesis.html
DX7 presets:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3rrjQtQe5A
IRCAM analysis of Stria (the definitive one):
http://brahms.ircam.fr/analyses/Stria/
Laura Zattra's blog on Stria — fascinating story of the piece's multiple versions:
https://laurazattra.com/2016/09/23/stria-by-john-chowning-the-ultimate-analysis/
Sound on Sound interview — very readable:
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/john-chowning
CCRMA official page:
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/people/john-chowning
McGee analysis PDF — good on the FM/golden ratio relationship:
https://lifeorange.com/writing/ChowningAnalysis_McGee.pdf
Dexed fm synthesis plugin:
https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/
https://peninsulapress.com/2022/06/14/computer-music-in-silicon-valley-owes-large-debt-to-john-chowning/
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/09/john-chowning-godfather-of-digital-pop-my-wife-told-me-i-didnt-think-id-have-to-compete-with-a-computer
5 Aug 2026
Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of The Moon (1967)
In episode 31 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Silver Apples of the Moon by Morton Subotnick, considered to be one of the most important and successful pieces of electronic music.
Links to references in the podcast
https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/silver-apples-of-the-moon
https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/SilverApples.pdf
https://www.soundohm.com/product/silver-apples-of-the-moon-5
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/04/key-tracks-morton-subotnick-on-silver-apples
https://www.ascap.com/news-events/articles/2011/04/p-Morton-Subotnick-on-the-Creation-and-Legacy-of-Silver-Apples-of-the-Moon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/videos/cqqqxpdker0o
https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal/east-coast-west-coast-synthesis
https://modulisme.bandcamp.com/
http://www.karlrecords.net/releases/philippe-petit-off-to-titan/
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i6mbi-16fa6e3
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-pppif-16d9f08
6 Jun 2026
Marino Zuccheri Part 2 - Parete 67 and Plastico
In episode 30 of Talk to the Chip, professors Elif Yalvaç and Jono Podmore discuss Parete 67 and Plastico by Italian composer and sound engineer Marino Zuccheri.This is the second of two episodes devoted to this unsung hero of electronic music, who worked at the RAI studio in Milan for 28 years helping Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, to give birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronic music.
Links to references in the podcast
https://www.soundohm.com/product/parete-67-lp-1
https://laurazattra.com/category/marino-zuccheri/
https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/columns/school-of-electronic-music/marino-zuccheri/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Vedova
https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/video_ascolto.phpid=4&percorso=video%2F4.mp4&titolo=Video+4
https://fonologia.lim.di.unimi.it/anagrafica_scheda.php?id=166
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTq_rQtxCIo
https://120years.net/milan-electronic-music-studiodirector-luciano-berioitaly1960/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiddiPyDsE
https://youtu.be/Wc-43132R_8?si=uh5ewGxffKCTlW4T
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