Music Glossary: electronic-production-and-sound-design category

Sum sine partials with envelopes/filters; precise but CPU-heavy. more

additive partials resynth

Clip, fold, wave-shape, bit-crush; pre/post filter routing changes color. more

distort clip fold

ADSR variants, curves, multi-stage envelopes for plucks, pads, and swells. more

ADSR curves stages

12/24 dB/oct LP, HP, BP, notch; drive and key-track for musical response. more

filter 12dB 24dB

Frequency-modulate carriers with modulators; operators, ratios, index define timbre. more

FM operators ratio

Vowel filters, formant shifting, and vocoding for vocal-like tones. more

formant vocal vocode

Legato vs always-on glide; time/curve shape for stylistic slides. more

glide portamento slide

Micro-slices (grains) reassembled for textures; control density, size, position. more

granular grains texture

Route slow/fast LFOs and sources to targets; scale via macros and sidechain. more

LFO route macro

Tie multiple parameters to few macros for performance and recall. more

macro map perform

Random/filtered noise to modulate pitch/cutoff for analog-style instability. more

noise mod random

Print sound-design passes to audio; free CPU and enable destructive edits. more

resample print commit

Modulate start/end/loop points for rhythmic chops and glitch. more

sample loop mod

Ducking pad/bass via compressor or volume shaper keyed by kick. more

sidechain pump duck

Widen mids/highs; keep sub mono (≤120 Hz) for translation. more

stereo mono sub

Oscillators → filter → amp; shape harmonics with low/high/band-pass filters. more

subtractive filter osc

Use amp/env, click layers, and attack filters to define transients. more

transient attack shape

Duplicate oscillators; detune/spread for width; beware mono low-end. more

unison detune wide

Scan through evolving single-cycle tables; position and warp for movement. more

wavetable scan move