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Scythe Synthesizer

• article by @espiegel123
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• Scythe Synthesizer is a wavetable synthesizer from BitMask Studio which is IAA and Audiobus compatible. There is also a different synth from another developer called Scythe.
• Scythe Synthesizer🏪 on the App Store.

Scythe Synthesizer Videos

Scythe Overview

• App Overview by Pants of Death
• App Overview by Developer Jarryd Hall
• The Sound Test Room

Developer Videos

• Preview 1
• Preview 2
• Preview 3
• In Depth Guide and Tutorial
• Wavetable Creator Overview
• Scythe wavetable editor video

Scythe Wavetable Information

• Scythe wavetables contain up to 256 frames (or slices or waveforms).

Audio to Wavetable Conversion

• Scythe can create wavetables from audio imported from AudioShare. The maximum number of waveforms per wavetable is 256. Scythe uses a proprietary algorithm for analyzing audio and converting the audio to a wavetable. There is not a fixed ratio of audio duration to wavetable frame. The spectral (harmonic) complexity of the sound influences the conversion. I have had 1 second long sound that resulted in a full 256 frame wavetable and another sound whose 2.8 seconds resulted in 254 frames.
• When I imported a 220Hz sine wave, the frames (waveforms) were very close (if not precisely), two cycles wide.

Jarryd Hall

• Scythe's creator, told me:

Wavetable Generation.

• The engine works with its own file format and audio is processed in a way that works with the synthesis engine, generated specifically for the synthesis algorithms being used. Each wavetable can hold up to 256 (2^8) waves, with each wave containing 1024 (2^10) samples.
• The processing is done using a few combined techniques and mainly focuses on frequency, where low-mid frequency sounds or sounds containing the most frequency changes generate the best wavetables.
• The generated wave is heavily dependent on spectral content. Scythe doesn't work as a sampler/wavescanner.