Multiple Wavetable Synthesis

By multiple wavetable synthesis, we refer to two simple yet sonically effective

methods: wavetable crossfading and wavestacking. These are not the only synthesis
methods that can use multiple wavetables; indeed most methods can be configured
to do so. We distinguish the techniques discussed here by the fact that they are
dependent on the existence of multiple wavetables. Both are common in commercial
samplers and sample players.

Horner, Beauchampl, and Hakken (1993) have developed another technique the call
"multiple wavetable synthesis". It is perhaps best classified as a variant of additive
synthesis/resynthesis. But it also can be viewed as an instance of the wavestacking
method presented here, where wavetables are sums of sinusoids derived from an
analysis and data reduction stage.

Wavetable Crossfading

In fixed waveform synthesis, a digital oscillator scans repeatedly through a

wavetable that has been previously filled. with a single waveform. This creates a
static timbre, since the waveform repeats without variance over time. By contrast,
wavetable crossfading