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Category: Phase Distortion

Timbral Evolution: Harmonic analysis of classic synth sounds

Posted on August 30, 2016August 30, 2016

This post is a place to gather my thoughts about one of the most important parts of synthesizer design: the timbral evolution of sounds. It also presents the results of my analyses of some classic synth sounds. There have been many methods developed over the years to achieve timbral evolution. The voltage-controlled filter is the first […]

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Phase Distortion Synthesis

Posted on May 21, 2008January 4, 2016

I heard about this and could find little about it, so I started to investigate. Phase Distortion is one of those forgotten synthesis techniques that someone once built a few instruments with, and then abandoned. In the case of PD, Casio were unlikely synth pioneers to start with, and after a brief flirtation they gave […]

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