fm synthesis

[plaster]

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Un ... msynth.htm


Frequency Modulation (FM) is where the output of one oscillator is used to modulate the pitch of another, the oscillators being called Modulator and Carrier respectively. "Modulate the Pitch"... that's the key phrase! The pitch of the Carrier is being changed (modulated) in tandem (in sync/ going up and down at the same time) by the Modulator.

Think of it as one person singing and another person grabbing the throat of the first and shaking him in a rhythmic manner; the singer being the Carrier and the throttler being the Modulator.

In analogue synthesizers, you can use an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) to modulate a VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator). Let's take a slow LFO and modulate the VCO... what happens is that the slowly rising and falling LFO makes the pitch of the VCO rise and fall also, giving you a sort of wobbly sound (referred to as VIBRATO). Increase the modulating LFO Amount and there's more wobbling. Increase the modulating LFO Speed and the wobbling gets faster. This is also commonly called "Pitch Modulation".

[plaster]

i noticed that russian idm is mainly consistent on fm syntesis,which is pretty cool if you know how to use it and get nice sounds.

[g]

everything you ever wanted to know about FM but were afraid to ask:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr00/a ... ecrets.htm


and check out Ableton's Operator. wow.

[_concept_]

everything you ever wanted to know about FM but were afraid to ask:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr00/a ... ecrets.htm


and check out Ableton's Operator. wow.

Thanks for this link... Operator is a little devil for sure...