Category: Music Glossary
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FM Synthesis
General – Very Different from Subtractive Synthesis as with FM Synthesis we actually Growing a Sound by Creating Partials / Overtones from the Ground Up (Instead Subtracting) – FM Synthesis has Operators that are Pre-Stacked in different Ways – the Principle is any of the Pre-Stacked Forms is based on a specific Carrier as the…
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Formants
– Formants are Resonances that Happen in the “Vocal Tract” – Voices have a Distinctive Character which is Defined by Harmonics and its Formants – the Formants Essentially Define the Character of a Particular Voice / Sound (e.g. Woman, Child, Man etc.) – a “Ah” Sung in the Pitch of C Does Not Sound Like…
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Frequency
– 2 Main Aspects of Sound that can be Measured using Numbers are Frequency (How often a Sound Wave Fluctuates) and Amplitude (How Far a Sound Wave Fluctuates) – Frequency = How often a Sound Wave Fluctuates – the Simplest Possible Sound is a Sine Wave and has only 1 Frequency at a Time –…
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Frequency Masking
– A Psychoacoustic Effect – basically means that Loud Sounds “Block Out” Quieter Sounds at the same Frequencies – a Common Practice is to Boost Sounds with an EQ at their Fundamental Frequencies, but on the other Side to Dip “Build Ups” respective Mask Out Frequencies that belong to another Instrument
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Frequency Shifter
– A “Frequency Shifter”Shifts All Frequencies Additively by a Given Frequency Amount (Up or Down) – the Spectral Content of the Source will Become Increasingly Distorted the More you Shift and Tends to Create “In-Harmonicity” (thus Altering the Frequency Relationship) – e.g. a Source File has a 100Hz Tone and a 200Hz Tone, Frequency Shifting…
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FS (Digital Full Scale)
– Used only in Digital Systems – Fast Response with a Integration Time of 5ms – Intended to reflect when Digital Distortion will occur – Measures in dBFS – The Maximum Value in a Digital Scale is 0dBFS – often a Programs Fader Range goes from 0dBFS Down to -96dB (Wavelab, Dualism etc.)
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Fugue (Counterpoint)
General – as we Know, Counterpoint is the Play of 2 or More “Voices” Against One Another and a Fugue is a Structure Built from that Technique (Voices = Lines of Music, Such as Melody) – so Fugue (as the Canon is), is Contrapuntal Compositional Technique or Texture that Employs a Melody with One or…