Audio Processes

13 Basic Synthesis

13.1	Basic Concepts
13.1.1	From Modifiers to Synthesizers
13.1.2	Oscillators
13.1.3	Note Numbers and Frequency Values
13.1.4	Parameter Variation
13.2	Gate and Envelope Methods
13.2.1	Basic Methods
13.2.2	Envelope Shapes and Applications
13.2.3	Audio Input Methods
13.3	Tremolo and Vibrato in Synthesis
13.4	Developing Processes and Learning More

13.1 Basic Concepts

13.1.1 From Modifiers to Synthesizers

Audio synthesis is the generation of sound from scratch. Many of the elements associated with synthesis (such as gain control, mixing, filtering, mapping, and delays) have been seen previously in chapters concerned with the modification of sound. In addition, synthesizers also incorporate significant use of oscillators and envelope generators that ...