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<!-- this article needs fixing -->'''Wavetable synthesis''' is a [[digital]] technique used to create [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_function periodic waveforms].▼
▲''Wavetable synthesis''' is a [[digital]] technique used to create [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_function periodic waveforms].
== Development ==
In 1958 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mathews Max Mathews] used a a wavetable oscillator for his IBM 7094 based Music II program. It's use for electronic music synthesis was written about by [[Hal Chamberlin]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine) Byte magazine]'s September 1977 issue.<ref>[http://retro.hansotten.nl/uploads/files/computer_performance_music-byte-september-1977.pdf ''A sampling of techniques for computer performance of music''] by Hal Chamberlin, Byte, September 1977</ref> [[Wolfgang Palm]] of [[Palm Products GmbH]] (PPG) developed it in the late 1970s<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210131333/http://seib.synth.net/documents/w22omeng.pdf PPG Wave 2.2 owners manual]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131118191907/http://wolfgangpalm.com/ppg_blogs/c4/ Part 4 "Digital Age"] on Wolfgang Palm's blog</ref> and published in 1979.<ref name="Andresen">''A New Way in Sound Synthesis'' by Uwe Andresen, Audio Engineering Society (AES), 62nd AES Convention (Brussels, Belgium), 1979</ref>
== Wavetable synthesis is not sample playback ==
In the 1990s, companies like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mu_Systems E-mu Systems] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Technology Creative Technology] marketed their "PCM sample playback" or "[[Rompler|ROMpler]]" technology, which involves playing back pre-recorded samples stored in ROM, as "Wavetable synthesis." Traditionally, wavetable synthesis involves manipulating single cycle waveforms to generate sounds. This marketing approach led to some confusion, as the technologies are fundamentally different in their sound generation methods.
== Wavetable synths ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010408055406/http://www.wavesynth.com/whatis.htm What is a wavetable?]<!-- use as a reference instead -->▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150828234504/http://computermusicresource.com/Definitions/wavetable.synthesis.html Wavetable Synthesis]<!-- use as a reference instead -->▼
* [http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=info.wavetableoscs Wavetable oscillators] by Tom Wiltshire<!-- use as a reference instead -->▼
* ''[http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Jan03/articles/microwavetips.asp Waldorf Microwave Masterclass]'' by Richard Leon, SOS, January 2003
* [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Sound_Synthesis_Theory/Oscillators_and_Wavetables#Wavetables Oscillators and Wavetables], Sound Synthesis Theory, Wikibooks
* [https://www.futur3soundz.com/wavetable-synthesis Wavetables and Wavetable Synthesis], futur3soundz
* [https://www.keithmcmillen.com/blog/simple-synthesis-wavetable-synthesis/ Simple Synthesis: Part 14, Wavetable Synthesis], Keith McMillen Instruments
* [https://synthandsoftware.com/2020/05/modular-synthesis-for-beginners-wavetable-synthesis/ Modular Synthesis for Beginners: Wavetable Synthesis] by Jim Aikin, 27 May 2020B
▲* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010408055406/http://www.wavesynth.com/whatis.htm What is a wavetable?] - archived<!-- use as a reference instead -->
▲* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150828234504/http://computermusicresource.com/Definitions/wavetable.synthesis.html Wavetable Synthesis] - archived<!-- use as a reference instead -->
▲* [http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=info.wavetableoscs Wavetable oscillators] by Tom Wiltshire<!-- use as a reference instead -->
* [https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/new-wave-depth-look-wavetable/ The New Wave: An In-Depth Look at Live 10's Wavetable], Ableton, Nov 2017
=== Other wikis ===
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavetable_synthesis Wavetable synthesis], Wikipedia
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