FM Synthesis Megathread

[robertsyrett]

@stschoen

By running the sample rate up to 24 Mhz they eliminate many of the drawbacks of wavetable synthesis.

Talk about a supersonic Nyquist frequency!

[stevo3985]

@robertsyrett

I think just sticking to sin(x+phase) is the least convoluted way to think about it. The mathematical basis for it is so well understood and the more you traverse the unit circle and the imaginary number plane the easier thinking about this all becomes.

I knew there had to be some logical explanation for the reason why I was having such a hard time grasping this! I was once really good at math, and I got good grades each year, until the unit on Imaginary numbers came along, and I tripped and fell flat on my face. I never really gained a solid enough grasp of it. I’ve done well with everything since that, as far as my math skills. I always thought, “see, the practical stuff stuck, and the unimportant sediment (imaginary numbers) settled and died at the bottom of the jug that is my brain. when will I ever use that concept in my real life anyway?” I now have my answer lol