music tech Cameron douglas

Additive synthesis     Additive synthesis is the process of adding together multiple Sine waves together to create a different timbre. Technically any wave form could be used to do this such as a square wave or a saw wave, however Sine waves are the purest waves. This is because sine waves are perfectly curved meaning you can never multiply straight lines to get a sine wave. Additive was created in 1935 by an American inventor  named   Thaddeus  Cahill.    Subtractive synthesis    Subtractive synthesis is the process of taking away frequencies to create a thinner  timbre. Unlike   additive  synthesis subtractive synthesis is used with multiple different waves to create its sound. This could include saw waves,  square  waves or  triangle waves.  Subtractive  synthesizers  often start with an  oscillator  this is a  deice  which creates t...