Waveshaping synthesis, a newly developed tool for the generation of musical sounds, is described. The method is well suited to implementation on a digital computer and is both economical and flexible. In addition it provides a unified conceptual framework for a number of nonlinear techniques, including frequency-modulation synthesis. Both the theory and practice of the method are developed fairly extensively, beginning with simple but useful forms and proceeding to more complex and richer variations.

Author: Le Brun, Marc
Affiliation: Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
JAES Volume 27 Issue 4 pp. 250-266; April 1979
Publication Date: April 1, 1979

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