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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
io@merveilles.town ("isaac io schankler") wrote:
Wow I agonize about how to best teach audio synthesis with convoluted lesson plans and Stephin Merritt just lays it all out in three short verses
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- ’81: How to Play the Synthesizer Song by The Magnetic Fields Take a single oscillator Producing a drone Send it to the wave shaper Altering the tone This can be a triangle Sawtooth or a square Modulate the pulse width Nobody will care This is how to play the synthesizer This is how to play the synthesizer Now go to the filter bank Low, high, band or notch Fiddle with the cutoff point Pour yourself a Scotch Modern filters oscillate All by themselves It sounds like you're torturing Little metal elves This is how to play the synthesizer This is how to play the synthesizer Nextly, shape the envelope AKA ADSR Attack, delay, sustain, release Which means how loud you are One millisecond to the next Whether you pluck or lurch Or ooze like an organist In a Venusian church (remote)
