Audio Processes

15 Sample-Based Synthesis Methods

15.1	Basic Concepts
15.1.1	Using Sampled Sound
15.1.2	Recording, Editing, and Organising Samples
15.1.3	Sample Playback
15.2	Position Control and Concatenation
15.2.1	Position Control and Looping
15.2.2	Concatenation
15.2.3	Process Considerations
15.3	Manipulating Sample Data Values
15.3.1	Sample Increment Effects
15.3.2	Further Methods
15.4	Developing Processes and Learning More

15.1 Basic Concepts

15.1.1 Using Sampled Sound

Wavetable oscillators are usually associated with the generation of sound from a single cycle of a waveform (as discussed in §14.4, p.444). Sample-based synthesis extends the idea of wavetable oscillators to the storage and replay of longer audio data, such as a whole note, or many sound events (a drum pattern ...