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Hot Chick Sick Of These Boomers

from Cherish The Pale Blue Dot by Thomas Wulfe

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the twelfth synthesis techniques challenge - In this weekly series we'll explore the myriad of ways one can synthesize sound.
OK, let's try this again: FM synthesis, this time simpler. This has been called the most complicated and hard to use synthesis method, and that's because it deals with something we don't often play with directly: phase. Frequency modulation is changing the base frequency, or how often something happens. Amplitude modulation is changing volume. Phase modulation, what FM synthesis is all about, changes when something happens. It's a close emulation of exponential analog FM when using sine waves, but easier to calculate for computers. However, it gets far more interesting when you get other waves involved, but we'll gloss over that whole can of worms. For this, I just want you to use basic 2-op FM using sine waves. Plaits green 3 is a classic example of this. Several synthtech oscillators can do this. Most every FM synthesizer, like a DX7, Dexed, Phaseplant, Opsix, Digitone, and more can do this. However, if you only have a basic analog modular system, you can still do it - with a trick (below). You're allowed to use whatever modulation and light effects to taste. Have fun, and I'll have a new one next Friday!

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from Cherish The Pale Blue Dot, released January 12, 2023

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Thomas Wulfe UK

As part of the waxcide collective, Thomas Wulfe Its the alias i have been unsing for Ambient, IDM, Chillout, Electronica, Breakbeat, Trip-Hop and more for near 25 years. Influenced by artists such as Orbital, Underworld and Richard D. James, I love using both hardware and software synthesisers, sampling, computers and especially analogue modular synths ... more

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