Discrete signals (bandlimited by half the sampling rate) may be
represented as the sum of
sinusoids of arbitrary amplitudes,
phases, AND frequencies:
We may therefore, synthesize a sound by setting up a bank of
oscillators, each set to the appropriate amplitude, phase and
frequency.
The output of each oscillator is added to produce a
synthesized sound, and thus the synthesis technique is called
additive synthesis.
``Music 171: Additive Synthesis''
by Tamara Smyth,
Department of Music, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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Copyright © 2019-10-22 by Tamara Smyth.
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