A wavetable synth isn’t a deep application of a weird reverse FFT — that’s FM synthesis. Wavetable synthesis is simply playing a single waveform — one arbitrary wave — at different speeds.

However, the Sega Genesis took a different path at the end of the videogame chipmusic era, packing a YM2612 FM synthesis chip to deliver fat basslines and searing solos. [Thea] has always been a ...

Frequency Modulation (or FM) synthesis is a simple and powerful method for creating and controlling complex spectra, introduced by John Chowning of Stanford University around 1973. In its simplest ...

Used in cellphones for ringtones and low-end sound cards, FM synthesis does not create sound as faithfully as wavetable synthesis, which uses actual samples of the instruments. See MIDI and ...

The reason it was so expensive was partly down to the fact that it was essentially two Yamaha DX7s in one, along with a better interface to make accessing the synth’s FM synthesis innards that much ...

Korg Opsix MkII: What is it? Korg’s ‘altered FM’ synth Opsix is the latest – and most underwhelming – update to the company’s ...

Digital synthesis techniques such as FM or additive let us take this further still, building sounds from the ground up to create complex, rich synth tones full of movement that span the full ...

Like the DX1, Behringer’s BX1 is a 32-voice FM synth with a formidably complex architecture, but the German manufacturer’s remake departs from the original on a few significant points, most notably ...

Reverb, chorus and delay add another dimension to the three onboard synths. These have been created by German developer Stefan Stenzel and include an FM synth and an analogue synth, replete with all ...