M-Audio Wayoutware TimewARP 2600 User Manual page 13

TimewARP • User Guide
A simple number sequence like this is called a harmonic series. It is interesting to think about musically; the
smaller numbers in the series all form simple musical intervals: octaves, fifths, fourths, and thirds.
Most musical instruments generate harmonic spectra. Some have more, some have fewer harmonics, and there
are wide spectral variations even within a single instrument depending on how it is played. In general, whatever
the actual spectral components are, they will always form a harmonic series.
In audio synthesis, you will use oscillators to generate pitched tones that have a harmonic spectrum.
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