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A visual, math-based guide to how synthesizers work

Nathan Yau

13d ago· 1 min readenReview

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Summary

A brief article from PerThirtySix by Shri Khalpada that uses interactive graphics and math (Fourier transforms) to visually explain how synthesizers work by breaking down musical sounds. The author notes this would have been useful during their college Fourier transform course.

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Shri Khalpada, for PerThirtySix, breaks down musical sounds into math to illustrate how synthesizers work.

Interactive graphics let you play with the parts and hear how the sounds change.

This would've been useful in that Fourier transform course I took in college, twice a week for two hours after lunch in a dark room using static PowerPoint slides.

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Shri Khalpada, for PerThirtySix, breaks down musical sounds into math to illustrate how synthesizers work. Interactive graphics let you play with the parts and hear how the sounds change. This woul…

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