Synthesis

Envelopes
THE ANALOG FOUR MKI/MKII, AND ANALOG KEYS ENVELOPES The amplitude envelopes and the assignable envelopes offer 12 different shapes, consisting of six basic...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 11:39 AM
Filters
THE ANALOG FOUR MKI/MKII, AND ANALOG KEYS FILTERS 4-POLE LADDER FILTER There is no way to turn the ladder filter completely off, but turning up the cutoff...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 11:42 AM
Oscillators
THE ANALOG FOUR MKI/MKII, AND ANALOG KEYS OSCILLATORS There are several waveforms available to the two oscillators of each synth track. By adjusting the PW...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 11:45 AM
Digitone FM synthesis overview
DIGITONE FM SYNTHESIS OVERVIEW At its core, the Digitone (and Digitone Keys) is a four operator Frequency Modulation (FM) synth in the style of the classic...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 1:24 PM
Harmonics
The default output from an operator is a sine wave, but you can use the HARM parameter to add upper partials to some of the operators’ sine waves to create ...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 12:01 PM
Operator envelopes
If you modulate one oscillator directly with another it creates very harsh harmonics, so you need to limit the modulation level to control the amount of mod...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 1:07 PM
Ratios
Frequency modulation is applied in multipliers of the principal frequency to retain the tonality of the sound. These multipliers are known as ratios. Each o...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 1:13 PM
Algorithms
An algorithm is a set routing, or combination, of the operators. Routing the modulation in different ways gives you several different methods of applying mo...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 1:18 PM
Operators
In FM synthesis the oscillators are called operators. Unlike the analog oscillator, the operator also contains an envelope and specific input and outputs, m...
Fri, 27 Mar, 2020 at 1:22 PM