Music & Audio Advice Synthesis and Sound Design 2

Question 1

In subtractive synthesis, what does a low-pass filter primarily do to a sound?

Accepted Answer

Removes frequencies above the cutoff

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Removes frequencies below the cutoff

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Boosts all frequencies equally

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Adds new harmonics

Question 2

Which waveform contains only odd harmonics and has a hollow, clarinet-like tone?

Accepted Answer

Square

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Sawtooth

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Sine

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Triangle

Question 3

What does the 'A' in an ADSR envelope control?

Accepted Answer

Attack time

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Amplitude ceiling

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Aftertouch

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Analog drift

Question 4

An LFO routed to pitch at a slow rate produces what classic effect?

Accepted Answer

Vibrato

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Distortion

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Reverb

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Bitcrushing

Question 5

In FM synthesis, raising the modulator's amplitude (index) generally does what?

Accepted Answer

Adds more sidebands and brightness

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Lowers the pitch

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Reduces harmonic content

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Mutes the carrier

Question 6

What is the purpose of filter resonance (Q)?

Accepted Answer

Emphasizing frequencies near the cutoff

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Lowering overall volume

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Removing all harmonics

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Adding reverb tails

Question 7

Detuning two oscillators slightly against each other produces what?

Accepted Answer

A thicker, beating chorus-like sound

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Perfect silence

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A pure sine tone

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A drop in pitch by an octave