Sound
7 articles tagged "Sound"
Sound, Electricity, and Transduction
How sound becomes a recording: sound waves, voltage, current, resistance, AC vs DC, grounding, and the transduction chain from vibration to digital signal.
Sound, Vibration, and the Harmonic Series
What sound is, how frequency and amplitude work, and why the harmonic series determines the timbre of every instrument — the physics behind EQ, synthesis, and mixing.
Filtering Sound — From Harmonics to EQ
How EQ works: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, shelf, and parametric filters explained — frequency, gain, Q, resonance, and the subtractive approach to shaping sound.
Oscillators and Waveforms
Where synthesized sound comes from — oscillator types, waveform shapes, and the harmonic recipe behind each one.
Shaping Sound — Envelopes, Filters, and Amplifiers
ADSR envelopes explained: attack, decay, sustain, release — how filter and amplitude envelopes shape synthesizer sounds from plucks to pads.
Modulation and Movement — LFO, Unison, and Glide
LFOs, vibrato, tremolo, detuning, unison, and glide — the tools that make static sounds come alive.
Sound Design and Comparing Synths
Subtractive, FM, wavetable, and granular synthesis compared — how to build patches from scratch, and what 'analog warmth' actually means in technical terms.
