From the course: Learning the Arturia Collection

A quick overview of synthesis - Pro Tools Tutorial

From the course: Learning the Arturia Collection

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A quick overview of synthesis

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- [Instructor] The instruments in the Arturia V-Collection use a wide variety of synthesis techniques. While we're not going to go into synthesis in depth in this course, I did want to give you a quick overview. There are many courses you can take in the LinkedIn Learning library, which go in depth in synthesis techniques. So, first, we have additive synthesis, which creates a timbre by adding various waveforms together. We have subtractive synthesis in which partials of an audio signal are attenuated by a filter to reduce the original harmonic content of the sound. Then we have frequency modulation, of FM synthesis, where waveforms are used in carrier modulator relationships and tuned according to the harmonic series, which produce overtones in the carrier waves. Then we have wavetable synthesis, which offers a wide selection of digital waveforms and allows them to be layered, filtered, and modulated in various ways. We have sample playback, where recordings of a sound are triggered by a playback device. And these can be transposed by increasing the playback speed when different pitches are required. Then we have granular synthesis, which essentially splits the samples into very short grains and allows them to be manipulated through a variety of playback options. And then, finally, physical modeling. In this method, the output waveform is calculated according to a set of equations and algorithms derived through extensive analysis of a physical sound source. So if you don't know what a lot of this means, we're going to cover some of this in the course. And, again, you can get a better understanding of synthesis by exploring more courses in the LinkedIn library.

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