Polyphony occurs when several meters are played simultaneously

Controlled by Q-FACTORД«ANK вЂ“ In MIDI instruments, a group of PATCHES. A xylophone has a short attack as you can hear the maximum volume of the sound immediately as the mallet strikes the bar whereas a woodwind has a slower attack as it takes a longer time for air to move through the instrument.ДЄTTENUATE вЂ“ To reduce the volume of an incoming signal.ДЄUTO-CHORD вЂ“ A performance feature where complex chords are automatically created when holding down one or two keys.ДЄUTO-PUNCH вЂ“ A feature on V-Studios that automatically starts and stops recording for you when youвЂ™re punching at locations youвЂ™ve set beforehand.ДЄUXILIARY (AUX) вЂ“ A designation for extra busses on a mixer typically used for sending signal to effects (AUX SEND) and returning back to the mixer (AUX RETURN), headphone amps and other destinations.Д«AND PASS FILTER вЂ“ A type of FILTER that allows only the band of FREQUENCIESВ surrounding the CUTOFFВ frequency to pass through unaffected and rejects the frequencies outside that band.Д«AND REJECT FILTER вЂ“ A FILTERВ that removes from a signal all frequencies around a set FREQUENCY.Д«ANDWIDTH вЂ“ In EQ, the width of a band or the number of frequencies boosted or cut around a selected centre FREQUENCY. When the envelope controls the AMPLIFIERВ ( VCA), the attack is the time it takes for the start of the sound to reach its maximum volume. ArpeggiatorДЄTTACK вЂ“ The first stage in the ADSR sound ENVELOPE, which describes how a sound varies with time. The movement of notes, or the вЂњarpeggioвЂќ, can be set to up, down, up/down or random pattern. Arpeggiators can often be вЂњlatchedвЂќ or held in the last pressed state for a constant dynamicВ melody/bass line.

These components and circuits add a distinct вЂњwarmthвЂќ to the sound.ДЄNALOG-TO-DIGITAL (ADC) вЂ“ A device that receives an ANALOGВ signal and converts it into DIGITAL DATA, such as analoG audio coming into a V-Studio, SAMPLERВ or digital MIXER.ДЄPERIODIC WAVEFORM вЂ“ An un-pitched non-repeating WAVEFORM.ДЄRPEGGIATOR вЂ“ A device that steps from note to note depending on the keys pressed. These circuits have components that take a physical action (pressing a key) and convert it to a sound source via OSCILLATORS, FILTERS, ENVELOPESВ and AMPLIFIERS. Used to boost low levels to audible range, to add gain to a signal to produce вЂњoverdriveвЂќ or вЂњdistortionвЂќ effects or to reduce a loud signal to non-distorted levels.ДЄNALOG or ANALOGUEВ вЂ“ In synthesis terms, analog refers to the production of sound wavesВ using VOLTAGEВ controlledВ circuits. AmplifierДЄMPLITUDE вЂ“ The technical term for a signalвЂ™s volume or loudness.ДЄMPLITUDE MODULATION (A.M.) вЂ“ The changing of the AMPLITUDEВ level by a control signal.ДЄMPLIFIER вЂ“ A circuit that increases the output power (gain) of a signal.

This measurement is applied to effects like VIBRATOВ by pressing harder on the keys. Roland SH-3a Four stages of an envelope Attack, Decay, Sustain, ReleaseДЄDSR вЂ“ Abbreviation for вЂњ ATTACK/ DECAY/ SUSTAIN/ RELEASE,вЂќ the four stages of a traditional ENVELOPE.ДЄFTERTOUCH вЂ“ Aftertouch is a type of pressure measured by how hard you press a key/s on a KEYBOARDВ after the initial ATTACK. This synthesis involves combining several WAVEFORMS to the main OSCILLATOR to create complex sounds. QUICK LINKS I A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZДЄDDRESS вЂ“ A location in the MEMORYВ where a particular piece of DATAВ is stored.ДЄDDITIVE SYNTHESIS вЂ“ The opposite to SUBTRACTIVE SYNTHESIS. Opening up a manual, it would be easy to think that it was written in aВ completely differentВ language! No matter what level of вЂњsynthesistвЂќ you are, this A-to-Z of Synthesizer Terms is a resource you can use to translateВ the language of the synth. The terms used in the synthesizer worldВ can be very confusing вЂ“ especially for a beginnerвЂ¦ what is ADSR, envelope, oscillator?

Polyphony occurs when several meters are played simultaneously