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  title info:
    title: Synthesizers and subtractive synthesis
    part number: 1
    part name: Theory and overview
  title info:
    title: Theory and overview
  name:
    name part: Řveillac, Jean-Michel
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
  abstract: Subtractive sound synthesis has been one of the most widely used techniques in electronic music and for many analog synthesizers since the early 1960s. It is based on a simple principle, but its operation remains complex, involving many parameters. It can be enriched by a variety of effects that give the sound its authenticity. It does not just imitate musical instruments, but can also transcribe noises present in natural soundscapes, or generate entirely synthetic sounds. Synthesizers and Subtractive Synthesis 1 presents the theoretical basis of a sound phenomenon, the different types of synthesis, the components that are required and present in synthesizers, the working environment specific to the study of subtractive synthesis, and the hardware and software available. After reading the various chapters of this book, readers will have a clear vision of the tools and actions required to grasp the world of subtractive sound.
  table of contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Sound Synthesis -- 1.1 The art of creating sound -- 1.2 Some reminders -- 1.2.1 Sound: a bit of theory -- 1.2.2 Intensity -- 1.2.3 Pitch of a sound -- 1.2.4 Timbre -- 1.2.5 The ear -- 1.3 Sound typology -- 1.3.1 Sounds and periods -- 1.3.2 Simple and complex sounds -- 1.4 Spectral analysis -- 1.4.1 The sound spectrum -- 1.4.2 Sonogram and spectrogram -- 1.5 Waveforms -- 1.5.1 Sine wave -- 1.5.2 Square wave -- 1.5.3 Rectangular wave -- 1.5.4 Pulse wave -- 1.5.5 Triangular wave -- 1.5.6 Sawtooth wave -- 1.6 Timbre -- 1.6.1 Transient phenomena -- 1.6.2 Range -- 1.6.3 Mass of musical objects -- 1.6.4 Classification of sounds -- 1.7 Sound propagation -- 1.7.1 Dispersion -- 1.7.2 Interference -- 1.7.3 Diffraction -- 1.7.4 Reflection -- 1.7.5 Reverberation (reverb) -- 1.7.6 Absorption -- 1.7.7 Refraction -- 1.7.8 Doppler effect -- 1.7.9 Phase and beat -- 1.8 Noise -- 1.8.1 White noise -- 1.8.2 Pink noise -- 1.8.3 Red noise -- 1.8.4 Blue noise -- 1.8.5 Purple noise -- 1.8.6 Gray noise -- 1.8.7 Other noise -- 1.9 History of sound synthesis -- 1.10 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Different Types of Synthesis -- 2.1 Subtractive synthesis -- 2.2 Additive synthesis -- 2.3 FM synthesis -- 2.4 Digital synthesis, sampling and wavetables -- 2.5 Physical modeling synthesis -- 2.6 Granular synthesis -- 2.7 Amplitude modulation synthesis -- 2.8 Phase distortion synthesis -- 2.9 Other types of sound synthesis -- Chapter 3 Components, Processing Techniques and Tools -- 3.1 Oscillators -- 3.1.1 Voltage-controlled oscillators -- 3.1.2 Digitally controlled oscillators -- 3.1.3 Digital oscillators -- 3.1.4 Low-frequency oscillators -- 3.2 Filters -- 3.2.1 Low-pass filters -- 3.2.2 High-pass filters -- 3.2.3 Band-pass filters -- 3.2.4 Band-stop filters -- 3.2.5 Resonance -- 3.2.6 Other filters -- 3.3 The envelope generator -- 3.3.1 Attack -- 3.3.2 Decay -- 3.3.3 Sustain -- 3.3.4 Release -- 3.3.5 Other parameters -- 3.4 Amplifiers -- 3.5 Sample and hold -- 3.6 …
  note: Jean-Michel Řveillac.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Software synthesizers
  subject:
    topic: Sound recordings
    topic: Production and direction
  classification: ML74.3
  classification: 786.7/6
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Waves series
  identifier: 9781394276721
  identifier: 1394276729
  identifier: 9781786309242
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: NhCcYBP
    record creation date: 240307
    record change date: 20260214214346.3
    record identifier: in00004784505
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng