jueves, 13 de marzo de 2014

Week 6. Usage of the 5 most important synthesis modules: Oscillator, Filter, Amplifier, Envelope, and LFO.


Hi, my name is Angel Ibis Ortiz, I’m from Querétaro, México.

Oscillator 

Generates a periodic wave.

-Sinusoidal. It's a fundamental tone without harmonics. 
-Saw. Contains odd and even harmonics. 
-Triangular. Contains only odd harmonics. 
-Square. Contains a range of odd harmonics.

Parameters: 
-Frequency 
-Amplitude 
-Waveform 
-Phase








Filtres 

Its aim is to remove a portion of the frequency spectrum of the signal output by the oscillator.

Parameters: 
-Cutoff frequency: By suppressing harmonics can make resembles a sinusoidal wave. 
-Resonance: Emphasizes or suppresses signals around the cutoff frequency.





Envelope 

Exists different kind of envelopes within the synthesizers, some of them apply to primary or secondary oscillators, and there's a general module called "amp envelope".

-Attack: Controls the time it takes the initial slope to go from zero to 100% amplitude .

-Decay: Determines the time it takes to fall from 100 to an amplitude level of sustain.

-Sustain: Sets the level of strong amplitude produced by holding down a key.

-Release: Adjusts the time it takes for sound to fall from the sustain level to zero amplitude when the key is released.





LFO (low frequency oscillator)

It's a low frequency oscillator. Although played frequencies that cannot be audible to the human ear, they aren't directly audibles. They work as modifiers (or automation) from other modules of the synthesizer.

Parameters: 
-Wave shape. Allows choose the time wave. Triangle waves are often used to filter sweeps. The square wave is useful for quick changes between different shades. 
-Frequency. Determines the speed of wave cycles produced by the LFO.





Amplifier

The amplifier is usually the last module whereby passes the sound, but it's not an amplifier to increase the volume. Its a module that modifies the amplitude over time, so is changing all the time. You could say that the amplifier is a final envelope.



Well, that's all for now. I know my English is not very good but hope I used the correct terms.  Thanks for your attention.

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