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Composer's Handbook

Subtractive Synthesis

Subtractive synthesis starts with a harmonically rich wave and filters it.

Try this

Start with a sawtooth wave and sweep a low-pass filter downward.

Example

A bright sawtooth at 110 Hz grows darker and rounder as the cutoff falls.

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