WHAT IS WSS, WAVE SAMPLE SYNTHESIS, WAVE TABLE?
A synthesizer is an electronic musical instrument capable of generating, modifying and combining a wide range of sounds using digital instructions. The two most used methods in synthesizers for generating sound are Frequency Modulation (FM) Synthesis and Wave Sample Synthesis (WSS). The latter goes under a number of other names, but you will usually see the words “wave” or “table” as part of it. FM synthesis MIMICS musical instruments by mathematical manipulation of simple sine waves. By todays standards the sounds coming from FM synthesis are considered “inferior”, because they tend to be far less realistic. Rather than manipulate sine waves, Wave Sample Synthesis uses high-quality, digitally recorded samples of real instruments as a basis for creating instrument sounds. The result is an overall sound which is much richer and much more realistic than that of FM synthesis. The total set of Wave Samples on a soundcard, or in an external module, is called the Wave Table. VST plug-ins are
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