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wavetable synthesis: a standalone construct

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Music technology

synthesis by repeatedly reading through stored single-cycle waveforms, often scanning between them to vary the timbre.

In music technology, wavetable synthesis refers to synthesis by repeatedly reading through stored single-cycle waveforms, often scanning between them to vary the timbre. This meaning comes from Roads (1996) in The computer music tutorial.[1]

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reading2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs synthesis4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs timbre2 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Roads, C. (1996). The computer music tutorial. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262181587

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