Tag: SYNTHESIS

  • Additive Synthesis

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    General – was the First Synthesis Technique of All (before Moog etc.) – Forms of Usage even Date Back to 1800 with the “Tella Harmonium” (Later Pipe Organs where every Pipe is basically a Sine Wave) – Sine Wave is the Actual Building Block of All Sound and Additive Synthesis is Nothing else than Building…

  • Control Voltage

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    – on a Synthesizer, you can Imagine “Voltage” as if a Hand is Changing Voltage over Time, i.e. a “Robot Hand” which you can Tell what to Do – you Decide what Parameter will be Voltage Controlled and the Voltage Driven Parameters have their Separate Knobs to Shape the Result (Depending on the Effect, e.g.…

  • Envelope Follower

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    – Originally a Voltage Controlled Effect which Basically Converts Amplitude into DC Voltages (Louder Signal = More Voltage it Outputs) – e.g. on a ARP2600 you Plug the Microphone into the Preamplifier –> Into the Envelope Follower –> Into to the Multiple (which Distributes the Voltage to whatever you Plug into it) –> From Multiple…

  • Granular Synthesis

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    – a Basic Sound Synthesis Method that Operates on the Micro Sound Time Scale – Splits up Samples in Tiny Little Grains  – then allows for Editing their Lengths, Envelopes, Vary Waveform, Duration, Spatial Position, Density or Re-Order to Completely New  – Same Principles as Sampling  – but the Samples are Buffered Grains that are…

  • Modulation (Synthesis)

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    – Modulation (Modulator) is Designed to Control another Parameter within a Synthesizer – there are 3 Things that are Important in Modulation which is: a) Source of the Modulation (e.g. an LFO) b) Destination of the Modulation (e.g. an VCO) c) Amount (Depth) of the Modulation

  • Sample & Hold

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    – Sample & Hold Works in the Control Voltage Range (VCA) and Samples from a Voltage Circuit, but can Do Stuff in the Audio Range as well – it Samples the Inputs Amplitude Value at a Particular Time at your Specified “Clock Rate” and it is gonna Hold at that Value, till it gets the…

  • Sine Wave

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    – Considered as a “Pure Tone”, cause it´s the only Waveform that consists of only 1 Frequency (called the Fundamental Frequency) – Building Block of All Sounds, means by combining Sine-Waves you can Construct any Sound – the Y-Axis (Up/Down) behaves exactly as your Speakers – the Speakers are pushing Waves towards you if the…