Main Group 02: Additive Synthesis, Same Units

Overview

Subgroup 01: Basic Instrument

• 3: sinus wave, exponential envelope, gong
• 4: sinus wave, exponential envelope, ratio control of frequencies in score, bell
• 5: sinus wave, power envelope, spectral analysis of a chord
• 5B: as 5, but exponential envelope
• 6: sinus wave, exponential envelope, constant number of additive units, individual control of iamp, idur and ifq, bell
• 6B: different Csound implementation of 6
• 7: variable wave & envelope, linear and exponential decay experiments

Subgroup 13: Linear Envelope Transfer Functions

• 1: basic instrument with various constants and ratios applied to a single LINSEG envelope, brass
• 1B: as 1, different LINSEG envelope

Subgroup 40: LFO on Frequency

• 1: equidistant frequency cluster, LFO pitch contour, starship

Subgroup 41: RANDI on Frequency

• 1: basic instrument with added small random frequency variation, LINEN envelope, brass
• 2: as 1, different OSCIL envelopes, brass from physical analysis data

Subgroup 42: Frequency Transfer Functions

• 1: variable pitched drums

Subgroup 43: Extremely Small Frequency Offsets

• 1: arpeggio instrument, Tibetan chant like

Subgroup 44: Exponential Frequency Control

• 1: basic instrument with continuous frequency and amplitude control, endless glissando
• 2: as 1, different Csound implementation with PHASOR and TABLE, cycle studies
• 2B: as 2, pitch studies

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