Sampling and Wavetable Synthesis (Fundamentals of Sound Synthesis)

Sampling and Wavetable Synthesis (Fundamentals of Sound Synthesis) | Simon Hutchinson

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An explanation and demonstrations of sample-based synthesis and wavetable synthesis.
While the categories are often imperfect, it is useful to categorize different techniques and approaches to sound synthesis.
Sample-based synthesis can be a good place to start the study of synthesis, because it's a rather straightforward idea to us in the 21st-century that we can trigger sounds to play back when we want them to. From there, we can stretch that idea of playing back samples to playing back "microsound"--not even a whole note, but a part of a note. We can even take just one cycle of a sound, and play that back on a loop with an oscillator as in wavetable synthesis.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Sample-Based Synthesis
2:26 Comparing Samplers
3:38 Wavetable Synthesis
5:27 Drawing Wavetables
6:29 Wrap Up
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@FactsForKidsYT 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. I think when people talk about "synthesizers", they rarely know the difference between these two different types.

@noahaguilar8180 Жыл бұрын

WOW... 🤯💯💯💯

@SpectralEvolver 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done once again! And it’s well explained, clear and concise. Thank you!

@SimonHutchinson 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for watching!

@GarethThomasTunes 2 жыл бұрын

Nice clear and concise explanation thanks.

@SimonHutchinson 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@nwhelan1743 3 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@akhlikeys123 3 жыл бұрын

The process of recording sound stored in the form of thousands of individual measurements each at a discrete interval of time called sampling or synthesizing

@johneygd 2 жыл бұрын

Wave table syntheses is something very clever because you only use short cycle samples and loop them indefinitely to create long samples you could create even more interesting effects by fake in or fade out a sound to add more realism to it,to slow down the speed you could use hq time stretching to avoid metalic sound and you can only change the pitch of a sound,so instead of usung thousands of samples recorded at different frequencies,different speeds etc,,, you can just use 1 single cycle sample or a short sample and do everything with it what you want😁

@Ashawadance 3 жыл бұрын

If we load the sine wave sample to the sampler and loop it would it be a partly sample-based synthesis or partly wavetable?

@SimonHutchinson 3 жыл бұрын

Great question. That's an example of how these categories aren't perfect, and there's a lot of grey areas! Is that a sample of a wavetable? To me, the goal of these categories isn't the categorization itself. The goal to understand the different techniques so we can effectively design our own sounds.

@Ashawadance 3 жыл бұрын

@@SimonHutchinson agree. My question was obviously metaphysical but it lets me to comprehend the subject more broadly)

@SimonHutchinson 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ashawadance Metaphysical questions are the best kind!

@anneallison6402 Жыл бұрын

What is the name of the piano piece?

@biggiezsnack Жыл бұрын

Chopin op. 30 no. 2

@nwhelan1743 3 жыл бұрын

Is wavetable synthesis the same thing as granual synthesis?

@SimonHutchinson 3 жыл бұрын

Granular is a bit different, but not unrelated. I’ve got plans for a video on that sometime, but it might be a little while as I wrap up some other things. More soon!

@SimonHutchinson Жыл бұрын

Just revisiting this comment now! It's about a year late, but here's that Granular Synthesis video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdGjirhzxKiVf40.html