Music Technology Lecture 3 Sound Synthesis 2

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1 Music Technology Lecture 3 Sound Synthesis 2 Lecturer: Matthew Yee-King Contact: URL: 1 2 Last week's lecture Timbre What is sound synthesis? Synth graphs Analogue sound synthesis Subtractive synthesis Oscillators, filters and envelope generators Digital sound synthesis Wavetable synthesis 2 3 Lecture 3 summary Synths in the 80s – Wavetable synths – Cheap analogue synths – FM synths Synthesis techniques – FM synthesis – Additive synthesis 4 Commercial synths in the 80s - overview Wavetable synths Cheap analog synths – subtractive synthesis FM synthesis RAM becoming cheaper - sample+synthesis Sound modules MIDI controlled synths Samplers

• additive synthesis
• data to the frequency domain
• synth graphs
• frequency above the base frequency
• high frequency partials with the data for low frequency partials
• manual oscillator control
• inversion - control
• wavetable synths
• partials