Coding Adventure: Additive Synthesis
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Let's try add sine waves together and see what sort of sounds we can create!
Support my work (and get early access to new videos and source code) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague
Project files:
https://github.com/SebLague/Audio-Experiments
Resources and credits:
https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets-sound-sound
https://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MISpiano.html (currently inaccessible?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvtBE6t48M
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SebLague/Misc-Project-Info/refs/heads/main/Coding-Adventures/musicSynth.txt
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 Synth Setup
02:32 Precision Issues
04:19 ADR Envelope
06:35 Curvy Envelopes
08:22 Multiple Notes!
09:32 Compressor
11:52 Twelve Equal Temperament
14:21 Scales and Piano Layout
15:46 MIDI
17:51 Harmonics
22:03 Some Tweaks
25:02 Atonal Test
26:07 Interpolation
27:16 Low Octaves
30:12 Simple Piano Synth
30:35 Sin Bug
31:35 Simple Marimba Synth
32:25 Sustain
33:42 Outro and Final Test
Support my work (and get early access to new videos and source code) on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SebastianLague
Project files:
https://github.com/SebLague/Audio-Experiments
Resources and credits:
https://www.soundonsound.com/series/synth-secrets-sound-sound
https://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MISpiano.html (currently inaccessible?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atvtBE6t48M
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SebLague/Misc-Project-Info/refs/heads/main/Coding-Adventures/musicSynth.txt
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:28 Synth Setup
02:32 Precision Issues
04:19 ADR Envelope
06:35 Curvy Envelopes
08:22 Multiple Notes!
09:32 Compressor
11:52 Twelve Equal Temperament
14:21 Scales and Piano Layout
15:46 MIDI
17:51 Harmonics
22:03 Some Tweaks
25:02 Atonal Test
26:07 Interpolation
27:16 Low Octaves
30:12 Simple Piano Synth
30:35 Sin Bug
31:35 Simple Marimba Synth
32:25 Sustain
33:42 Outro and Final Test