Additive synthesis involves manually controlling harmonics, and uses only sine waves.
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Harmonics
Synonyms for "harmonics" (37 found)
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Noun(2 words)
harmonic analysisharmonic functions
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7 entriesacousticsbranch of mathematicsfrequency componentsound production techniquespectral componentstring techniquetheoretical analysis
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6 entriesartificial harmonicseven harmonicsharmonic polynomialsnatural harmonicsodd harmonicsspherical harmonics
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6 entriesartificial harmonicseven harmonicshigh order harmonicsnatural harmonicsodd harmonicsspherical harmonics
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Building upon research by Roger Shepard and Jean-Claude Risset, Deutsch found a way to build a "staircase" of musical tones that seems to both go up without end, and just like in Escher's illusion, they appear to never go up to another octave. By changing the harmonics of each tone, Deutsch had in effect, turned a linear musical scale into a circle.
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