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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:43 am
by oioi
How does it work? does it start with a 'sample' of a waveform and from there? The sounds come from digital chips rather than analog curcuits. what about the fm synths? are thay samples also? how does it all work? how do the manufactures of v-synth (pugs and hardware)make the raw sounds in the first place??
may sound like a dumb Q , but one needs to know
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 11:47 am
by darkrezin
Different manufacturers have different definitions
A lot of VA's you see around are in fact wavetable-based to get around aliasing. A true definition of 'analog modelling' is to simulate with DSP algorithms the actual process of an oscillator making a continuous waveform, for example. This is much more resource-hungry than the wavetable approach, so quality is often sacrificed for polyphony count.
A bit strange though as most of the best analog synths had very limited poly.
peace
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:06 pm
by petal
Check out these links for an introduction to the whole area:
Look at the buttom for at this link for more advanced info:
http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/synth1.html
That was what I could find when in a hurry...
Thomas