Synthesis
This lesson is part of the Electronic Music & Sound Production category. |
Objectives[edit]
- Students will be familiar with the basics of sound synthesis, including waveforms, envelopes, and filters.
- Students will understand Fourier transformations and how they are used to create complex waveforms.
- Students will be able to use a synthesizer to create a sound that meets given criteria.
- Students will understand how waveforms affect the timbre of a sound.
Resources[edit]
Readings[edit]
- Haas, Introduction to Computer Music:
Tools[edit]
- Additive Synthesis Waveform Generator
- Harmonics Explorer
- Hronco, "Making Music in the Browser: Web Audio/MIDI — Envelope Generator"
- Online Synthesizers:
- Synthesizer Apps:
Class Activities[edit]
- Discussion and demonstration of an additive synthesizer
- Synthesis of a various sounds
- Identification of synthesized sounds in music of different styles
- Improvisation using synthesized sounds
Assignments[edit]
- Identification of different basic waveforms used in recorded excerpts
- Creation of a synthesized sound to meet given musical criteria