In this video I look at the magical timbral world of Additive Synthesis with a few practical examples using additive synths and synths that have an additive component, including Alchemy, Pigments 3, Loom II, Razor and Polyphylla:
TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
0:30 Sound to sines
2:40 Adding up sines
4:10 Tonewheel “synths”
4:40 Partial envelopes
7:30 Resynthesis
11:30 Animating partials
12:30 Spectral curves
13:10 Alien invasion
15:25 Natural sounds
16:00 Additive effects
17:40 Formant morph
18:20 Env timeshift
19:20 Natural decay
20:20 More additive tips