[sdiy] dumb wavetable question

[Scott Gravenhorst]

> What is the big draw of wavetable synthesis?  Is it:
> 
> 1) to gain access to an infinitude of waveshape possibilities?
> 2) to overcome certain limitations inherent to analog VCOs?
> 3) to render MIDI/computer control more convenient?
> 4) all of the above?
> 5) some other reason?

For digital synthesis, wavetables allow creating band limited waveforms that
would normally have transients (eg. sawtooth) so that alias images can be
avoided.  It also allows the use of "simple" waveforms like sine without the
need for computation of the sine function.

-- ScottG
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