Designing Software Synthesizer Plugins in C++. With Audio DSP

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1 SynthLab Introduction
	1.1 What You Need to Know to Use SynthLab Objects and Projects
	1.2 SynthLab Synth Projects
	1.3 Synth Components
	1.4 Basic Software Synth Architecture
	1.5 SynthLab Voice Architecture
	1.6 SynthLab C++ Implementation
	1.7 Why SynthLab Uses This Architecture
	1.8 SynthLab Object Operational Phases
	Bibliography
2 The Synth Engine
	2.1 Engine Behavior
	2.2 Engine Architecture
	2.3 Shared Data
	2.4 SynthEngine Constructor
	2.5 Audio and MIDI Block Rendering
	2.6 SynthEngine Operational Phases
	Bibliography
3 Synth Voices, Synth Modules, and Module Cores
	3.1 Voice Behavior
	3.2 SynthVoice Modules
	3.3 SynthVoice Parameters
	3.4 SynthModule Members
	3.5 SynthVoice Construction
	3.6 SynthVoice Operational Phases
	3.7 SynthModules and ModuleCores
	3.8 Module Cores
	3.9 SynthModule/ModuleCore Relationship
	3.10 Review
	Bibliography
4 Synth Operational Modes: Polyphony and Voice-Stealing
	4.1 The Note-Event Lifecycle
	4.2 SynthEngine MIDI Processing
	4.3 SynthEngine Unison Detuning
	4.4 Voice State and MIDI Event Storage
	4.5 Voice-Stealing
	4.6 Polyphony and Voice Timestamps
	4.7 Review
	Bibliography
5 Learning and Using the SynthLab Objects & Projects
	5.1 Designing Modules with the SynthLab-DM Projects
	5.2 SynthLab-DM Modules Are Dynamic Linked Libraries
	5.3 Using SynthModules in Your Projects
	5.4 Using SynthEngines in Your Projects
	5.5 SynthEngine GUI Design and Parameter Update
	5.6 Programming the Modulation Matrix
	5.7 Getting WaveSequencer Status Meter Updates
	Bibliography
6 Modulation: Theory and Calculations
	6.1 SynthLab Mod Knob Mapping
	6.2 MMA Transforms & Calculations
	6.3 Sequential Circuits Vector Joystick Envelope Modulation
	6.4 Linear Frequency Modulation with LFO or EG
	6.5 BPM Sync
	6.6 Quantizing
	6.7 Ramp Modulation: Fade-in and Fade-out
	6.8 Pitch Calculation
	6.9 Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
	6.10 Phase Distortion
	6.11 Hard Sync
	6.12 Filter Key Track Modulation
	Bibliography
7 Envelope Generators and DCA
	7.1 Envelope Generator Fundamentals
	7.2 EG Implementation: Finite State Machine
	7.3 Digital EG Implementation: Rendering the Output
	7.4 Biased EG Output
	7.5 Analog EG Emulation
	7.6 Synth Module: EnvelopeGenerator
	7.7 EG Retrigger Modulation
	7.8 EG Core Programming Notes
	7.9 The Digitally Controlled Amplifier (DCA)
	7.10 Exercises
	Bibliography
8 Low Frequency Oscillators
	8.1 Noise Oscillators and Generators
	8.2 Oscillator Clocking
	8.3 LFO Waveforms and Rendering Equations
	8.4 Render Modes
	8.5 Waveform Shaping
	8.6 Delay and Fade-in Times
	8.7 Starting Phase
	8.8 DC Offset
	8.9 SynthLFO and Cores
	8.10 LFO Core Programming Notes
	8.11 Exercises
	Bibliography
9 Wavetable Oscillators
	9.1 Wavetable Fundamentals: Table Lookup
	9.2 Wavetable Objects and Database
	9.3 Wavetable Sources and Database
	9.4 WTOscillator and Cores
	9.5 Wavetable Core Programming Notes
	9.6 Exercises
	Bibliography
10 Virtual Analog Oscillators
	10.1 VA Oscillator Fundamentals
	10.2 Band Limited Impulse Train (BLIT)
	10.3 Band Limited Step (BLEP)
	10.4 Polynomial BLEP Approximation
	10.5 Choosing the BLEP sinc Source
	10.6 Other VA Algorithms
	10.7 BLEP Square Wave
	10.8 VAOscillator and Core
	10.9 VA Core Programming Notes
	10.10 Exercises
	Bibliography
11 PCM Sample Playback Oscillators
	11.1 PCM Sample Playback Modes
	11.2 PCM Sample Storage
	11.3 Loading PCM Samples
	11.4 PCM Sources and Database
	11.5 PCMOscillator and Cores
	11.6 PCM Core Programming Notes
	11.7 Exercises
	Bibliography
12 Synthesizer Filters
	12.1 Design Summary
	12.2 Q and Self-Oscillation
	12.3 Analog Magnitude Matching at Nyquist
	12.4 Zavalishin’s Virtual Analog Filters
	12.5 Resolving Delay-Free Loops in VA Structures
	12.6 VA Filters from Primitive Analog Block Diagrams
	12.7 VA Filters from Signal Flow Graphs
	12.8 VA Filters from Conceptual Signal Flow Graphs
	12.9 Nonlinear Processing and Self-Oscillation Control
	12.10 Synth Filter Objects
	12.11 Input Drive and Output Peak Limiter
	12.12 SynthFilter and Cores
	12.13 Synth Filter Core Programming Notes
	12.14 Exercises
	Bibliography
13 Karplus-Strong Plucked String Model
	13.1 The Exciter-Resonator
	13.2 The Plucked String
	13.3 The Karplus-Strong Model
	13.4 Pluck Position
	13.5 Karplus-Strong Algorithm Equations
	13.6 Karplus-Strong C++ Objects
	13.7 KSOscillator and KSOCore
	13.8 KSOCore Member Objects
	13.9 Core Programming Notes
	13.10 Extensions to the KS Algorithm
	13.11 Exercises
	Bibliography
14 The Modulation Matrix
	14.1 Modulation Inputs and Outputs
	14.2 Modulation Routings
	14.3 Mod Matrix Channel Routing
	14.4 ModSource and ModDestination for GUI Controls
	14.5 ModMatrixParameters
	14.6 The ModMatrix Object
	14.7 Initializing the ModMatrix
	14.8 Programming the ModMatrix
	14.9 Mod Matrix Transforms
	14.10 Running the ModMatrix
	Bibliography
15 Wave Morphing and Wave Sequencing
	15.1 Wave Banks
	15.2 Wave Morphing
	15.3 The MorphWTCore
	15.4 MorphWTCore Programming Notes
	15.5 Wave Sequencing 1.0
	15.6 SynthLab WaveSequencer
	15.7 The WSOscillator Object
	15.8 WSOscillator Programming Notes
	15.9 Exercises
	Bibliography
16 The SynthLab Synth Projects
	16.1 SynthLab Modulation Matrix
	16.2 SynthLab Render Phase: Modulators
	16.3 SynthLab Render Phase: Quad Oscillator Mixing
	16.4 SynthLab Render Phase: Filtering
	16.5 SynthLab Render Phase: Global Volume and Delay FX
	16.6 SynthLab-DX: the FM Synthesizer
	16.7 FM/PM Rules
	16.8 FM Operator
	16.9 SynthLab-DX Voice Render Phase
	Bibliography
Index