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ZynAddSubFX/ADsynth
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thumb|AdSynth main screen with amplitude editor displayed for voice 1
The ADsynth engine uses additive synthesis, which basically consists in adding the output of multiple sine wave generators called voices. The ADsynth provides 8 independent voices.
Menu
AdSynth menu
The menu on the top proposes the following screens:
On/off button
- | VCE n | + : voice selector among the 8 available ones, same as the pad selector on the left
GLOBAL: main controls
for currently selected voice:
VOICE: main controls
OSC: oscillator
MOD-OSC: modulator oscillator (FM, PM, AM, etc.)
MODULATION:
VOICE LIST: voice modifiers
RESONANCE:
Global Parameters
thumb|AdSynth amplitude editor
thumb|AdSynth frequency editor
thumb|AdSynth filter editor
thumb|AdSynth resonance editor
Voices
thumb|left|AdSynth toggle and voice selector
There are 8 voices that can be selected either from the list on the left (below the ADD button) or from the top left corner of the main AdSynth screen.
thumb|AdSynth voice list
The voice list displays general parameters for each voice:
activation toggle
VOLUME
PANNING
DETUNE
VIB-DEPTH
Voice Parameters
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 amplitude editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 frequency editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 filter editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 OSC editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 MOD-OSC editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 modulation: amplitude editor
thumb|AdSynth voice 1 modulation: frequency editor