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How is sound synthesized?
Periodic electric signals can be converted into sound by amplifying them and driving a loudspeaker with them. One way to do this is to simply add various amplitudes of the harmonics of a chosen pitch until the desired timbre is obtained, called additive synthesis.
What is meant by sound synthesis?
SOUND SYNTHESIS. The electronic production of sound where no acoustic source is used. An electrical SIGNAL is produced which is the analog of a SOUND WAVE; that is, the voltage fluctuation in the signal represents that of the desired SOUND PRESSURE variation.
Can any sound be synthesized?
Well, it's because synthesizers can't “make any sort of sound”. Synthesizers use different methods of, well, synthesis, and these methods have different results in terms of timbre. For example, the old analog synthesizers used subtractive synthesis, where essentially, parts of the sound is attenuated by filters.
