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DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Music
CONT

An analog synthesizer generates its sound by electricity passing through capacitors, resisters and other electronic components. The electricity flows through continuously like water, and the sound it produces is a continuous wave. On a digital synthesizer the sound is constructed incrementally by stringing together hundreds of digitized samples or "snapshots" of a sound to simulate a waveform.

Key term(s)
  • digital synthesiser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique électronique

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