Sound Design Audio Synthesis Techniques 3

Question 1

What is 'velocity sensitivity' in a synthesizer?

Accepted Answer

How the loudness or timbre responds to how hard a key is struck

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How fast the oscillator runs

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The speed of the LFO modulation

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The attack time of the envelope

Question 2

Which synthesis technique uses recordings of real instruments as the raw source material?

Accepted Answer

Sampling (sample-based synthesis)

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Additive synthesis

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FM synthesis

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Subtractive synthesis

Question 3

In subtractive synthesis, what is 'filter resonance' (also called 'Q')?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis of frequencies around the filter's cutoff point

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The overall volume of the filter output

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The speed at which the filter opens and closes

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The number of filter poles

Question 4

What is a 'patch' in synthesizer terminology?

Accepted Answer

A specific configuration of oscillators, filters, envelopes, and routing

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A software bug fix

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A type of MIDI cable

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A reverb preset

Question 5

What does 'unison mode' do on a synthesizer?

Accepted Answer

Stacks multiple detuned oscillator voices on each note for a thick, wide sound

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Forces all voices to play the same MIDI note

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Applies a unison interval (octave) automatically

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Locks voices to a single polyphonic chord

Question 6

In modular synthesis, what is a VCA?

Accepted Answer

Voltage Controlled Amplifier

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Variable Capacitor Array

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Voice Channel Allocator

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Velocity Curve Adjuster