Computer Music

Exploring additive synthesis

There are many types of synthesis out there, but there’s one in particular that can really help you understand how sound can be generated.

FFT theory states that all melodic waveforms are made up of individual sine waves: a fundamental frequency and related upper harmonics. If you look at it in theoretical terms, by adding together the right combination of

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