Different types of synthesis

3ther

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Hi guys,

I'm new to the forum so i don't know if there's already a thread for this but i would like to ask if someone could possibly explain to me the different types of synthesis.

I just know a bit of additive and subtractive, so, if someone's willing to help me it would be really appriciated! :D:D

Thanks in advance!
 
Subtractive synthesis: You take your signal sourse and then you use a filter to kind of sculpt your sound
Additive synthesis: You build your sound using different oscillators, the more oscillators you use, the more you enrich the harmonics of the original wave form.
Granular synthesis: This one makes crazy and weird stuff. You literally select a sound source and take "grains" (Microacoustic events.Typically of duration around orbelow the threshold of humanperception -1-100ms- Each grain contains a waveformshaped by an envelope and then you play them back kind of randomly) Check out this granular VST "Portal, Granular FX Plugin by Output" (the granular synthesis that I have built so far using reaktor or max 4 live don't sound that beautiful xD)
You also have wavetable synthesis and FM synthesis, I can copy and paste a few class notes but to be honest, the best way to understand the different types of synthesis is to go to any tutorial and build a few so you can actually see what you are doing.
 
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