ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the methods and tools of electronic sound creation, which can be summarised as ‘building’ music. The specific techniques of electronic sound creation are the techniques of synthesis and sampling. Three screenshots of the Filter/EQ module in the drum sampler Battery 4 by Native Instruments showing no resonance, moderate resonance and dramatic resonance. LFOs are oscillators that create a repetitive signal with a rate typically lower than the lowest frequency of human hearing, 20Hz. Subtractive synthesis is the earliest type of commercially available synthesis. Single event samples are individual musical events over time. Trimming is the adjustment of the start and end point of the sample, typically adjustable using a marker on a graphic of the sample’s waveform or by specifying the start and end point. The alternative to standard playback mode is one-shot playback mode, mainly used for percussion instruments such as drums, cymbals, and mallet instruments.
