Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

wave +‎ table (from waveform)

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word wavetable.

Examples

  • Newer OSs, generally include some kind of wavetable setup that redirects the samples to your sound card, this takes only a trivial amount of modern processing power.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • You may have a synth like the famous opl2 and 3 series that directly creates the analog sounds you hear or you may have a "wavetable" setup which references small recorded samples for the notes.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • It features drones generated by wavetable sound synthesis and a built in metronome.

    Burns Night Special: MIDI Bagpipes are everywhere! 2005

  • It's a bit like Reason for your PDA - sample playback, virtual instruments, effects, wavetable synthesis, and a special mode for live performance.

    Back by Popular Demand: Bhajis Loops & Chocopoolp 2005

  • The thing that makes it different from other wavetable synths is that it doesn't feature any waves for its tables.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • The thing that makes it different from other wavetable synths is that it doesn't feature any waves for its tables.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • This helps creating wavetable scans without always keeping an eye of not hitting those accidentally.

    VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 king6420 2010

  • 'Prefer experience with audio data compression and lower resolution audio, wavetable music engines, audio development hardware for game platforms, or audio development hardware for mobile/embedded technology.

    Gamasutra Feature Articles 2010

  • The ZingerDx VST plugin was developed to be a polyphonic wavetable synth.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

  • The ZingerDx VST plugin was developed to be a polyphonic wavetable synth.

    Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.