Waveshaper Output

Notice, in this case, that the shape of the output waveform, and thus the spectrum, changes with the amplitude of the input signal.

The spectrum becomes richer as the input level is increased, a characteristic we already observed in sounds produced by musical instruments.

Figure 7: Using the waveshaper from Figure 6, the spectrum becomes richer as the input level is increased.
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``Music 270a: Waveshaping Synthesis'' by Tamara Smyth, Department of Music, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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