An arpeggiator (often shortened to arp) is a feature available on some hardware synthesizers and software instruments. It allows the player to automatically step through a sequence of notes based on the player’s input, most often from a keyboard MIDI controller, thus creating an arpeggio. The notes can then be transmitted to a MIDI sequencer […]
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Wavetable Synthesis
Wavetable synthesis is a technique used in certain digital music synthesizers to produce natural tone-like sounds. The sound of an existing instrument (a single note) is sampled and parsed into a sequence of circular tables of samples or wavetables, each having one period or cycle per table. A set of wavetables with user specified harmonic […]
ADSR Envelope
ADSR is an acronym that stands for Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release and is a means to replicate those respective elements of a sound.It is especially used in sound designing with electronic music instruments. ADSR An ADSR envelope is a component of many synthesizers, samplers, and other electronic musical instruments. Its function is to modulate some […]