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Description
| Question | Answer |
| What is an oscillator? | An electronic device used to produce various simple and complex waveforms |
| What is additive synthesis? | Adding partials to a simple waveform base |
| What is subtractive synthesis? | Removing partials from complex waveforms |
| How does subtractive synthesis work? | Filters are used to remove frequency bands of a complex waveform |
| What do we mean by working on the sound AND shape of a wave? | DIfferent parameters of an oscillator (amplitude, frequency, filter cutoff, etc.) can be automated and mapped to a particular wave shape, such as a triangle or sawtooth. |
| Name the two types of sound sources in Synths | 1. Oscillator (synthetically created tones) and 2. Sample-based |
| What are the 3 main windows we are concerned with in Absynth? | Browser, Patch, Wave |
| What is the Browser window for in Absynth? | Allows selection of patches in two ways; A. Patch name selection and B. Search by "attribute" |
| What is the Patch window for in Absynth? | It is the main design window. Has a vertical signal flow. |
| What is the Wave window in Absynth for? | Create the sound and shape of the wave together |
| Describe two synth modes in the Oscillator module (Absynth) | Single: one main oscillator Double: Main oscillator+Mod Oscillator |
| Describe two waveform types in the Oscillator module (Absynth) | Simple: Complex waves Morph: The result of morphing two simple waves* *Different from Double synths |
| Describe morph waves in Absynth | "Morphs" two input waves into one output waveform. Sums space between A-B in 1 into space between A-B of 2. Same for B-A of 1 into B-A of 2. |
| Describe the 2 views in the Wave window in Absynth | Waveform view: Allows you to draw and change the shape of the wave Spectrum view: change the harmonic structure by adding partials |
| In Absynth, how many processor slots or there per channel? | Two. |
| In Absynth, how many types of processing modules are there? | Three. |
| Describe the three processing modules in Absynth. | Filter: LPF/HPF, Pole (includes a control for slope gradient, higher Pole # = steeper gradient) Modulation: Modulates w/ ringmod or frequency shift Waveshaper: Distortion characteristics |
| What is the slope gradient for 1 Pole filters? 4 Pole? | 1 Pole = -6dB/8va 4 Pole= -24dB/8va |
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