When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Vital Audio Wavetable synthesis is a concept that’s really taken off during the software ...

Wavetable specifications always define a maximum number of frames, but this does not mean a wavetable has to contain this many frames. However, you may wish to record a single evolving sound that will ...

A popular tool in chiptune software like LSDJ allows the user to draw a waveform and use it as the basis for a wavetable synth. It’s fun and it can produce some great bleeps and bloops. [Kevin] has ...

Those who are beginning their journey into the world of digital audio production dream of making the next viral hit song or tearing up club dance floors. But long before any of that can happen, you'll ...

It’s just so charming when programmers forget about the App Store and universal binaries for a second, blow the dust off that old Apple IIc+ in the basement and code up something new… like this ...

Every semester at one of [Bruce Land]’s electronics labs at Cornell, students team up, and pitch a few ideas on what they’d like to build for the final project. Invariably, the students will pick what ...

Back in 2018 we brought news of a feature-rich synthesizer for kids of all ages called the Blipblox. With NAMM 2022 just around the corner, Playtime Engineering has added two new fun-packed music ...

Tue, February 8, 2022 at 1:00 PM UTC Before digging into the software side of things, let’s talk hardware. The Fireball and Lemondrop are just palette-swapped versions of each other: one a rich red, ...

Waldorf holds a form of legendary status in the history of synthesis; it was the company that rose from the ashes of PPG, having brought the concept of wavetable synthesis to the masses. This holds ...

These days, video game audio is so complex that it's actually simple. Computer processors and audio hardware are advanced to the point that everything can simply be multi-channel digital audio. Game ...

This is the history of Native Instruments’ massively influential wavetable instrument, from development and release to its recent rebirth as Massive X Player When you purchase through links on our ...