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WAVEFORM / SYNTH LAB
AUDIO SLEEPING
A hands-on field guide

Make a sound.
Then shape it.

A synthesizer is a set of simple ideas connected together. Explore them one at a time—and hear what each control really does.

WAITING FOR A NOTE
−1TIME →+1
01Oscillator — THE RAW MATERIAL
SOURCE
−2+2
−50+50 cents
quietloud
02Filter — SCULPT THE TONE
TONE
darkbright
smoothpeak
fixedfollows note
03Amplitude envelope — SHAPE IN TIME
MOVEMENT
instantslow swell
shortlong
nonefull
cutfade
04LFO — AUTOMATE A PARAMETER
MODULATION
slowfast
stillwide sweep
05Space — ADD DEPTH
EFFECTS
dryecho
shortlong
one echomany
quietloud
CLICK KEYS OR USE YOUR KEYBOARD
LOWER NOTESA W S E D F T G Y H U J K LHIGHER NOTES