Working with Don Buchla, he was one of the first composers to use a digital synthesizer.
Don Buchla implemented FM on his instruments in the mid-1960s, prior to Yamaha's patent.
On stage Dahlke operates his computer/synthesizer hardware by the movement or the pressure of the hands, with Thunder and Lightning II" two controllers built by Don Buchla.
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