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help synth oscillator

Thomas Tortorini edited this page Mar 16, 2025 · 18 revisions

The oscillators are the main part of the synthesizer. An oscillator is an audio source repeating a periodic wave hundred of times per second. More a wave is repeated more high/acute the sound will be.

For example the A4 key is the pitch standard at 440Hz, meaning the wave will be repeating 440 times per second. The Hz of the A3, A4 and A5 will be respectively 220, 440 and 880.

In the GridSound's DAW an oscillator looks like this:

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