Max Mathews
Real Name:
Max Vernon Mathews
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The father of computer music, pioneering researcher Max Mathews (born Nov. 13, 1926, Columbus, Nebraska, USA, died April 21, 2011) programmed the first-ever computer-generated sounds, setting into motion a technological and creative revolution which continues to this day. A telecommunications engineer and amateur violinist working in Bell Telephone Laboratories' acoustic and behavioral research department during the mid-'50s, Mathews was originally assigned to explore the digital transmission and recording of speech patterns, a process he realized could be easily adapted to the composition and playback of music as well. In 1957, he created the first music-synthesizing program, MUSIC 1, effectively transforming the computer into a new kind of instrument, one theoretically capable of generating any sound transmitted through a loudspeaker.
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M. V. Mathews* / Senoi (3) | M. V. Mathews* / Senoi (3) - Computer Music / Musik Der Senoi (Malaya) (7", EP) | Gravesaner Blätter | EP ML 372 | Germany | 1965 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Max Mathews | The Magnetic Field Of The Earth (Flexi, 7", S/Sided) | Vanity Records (3) | vanity 2001 | Japan | 1979 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jean-Claude Risset, Max Mathews, Knut Wiggen | Jean-Claude Risset, Max Mathews, Knut Wiggen - Teilton 3 - Schriftenreihe Der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung Des Südwestfunks (2x7") | Musicaphon, Musicaphon, Musicaphon, Musicaphon | BM 17 SE 201, BM 17 SE 202, BM 17 SL 201, BM 17 SL 202 | Germany | 1980 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Max Mathews | Music From Mathematics (7") | Cacophonic | CACK4503 | UK | 2013 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||