Hardware Design of a Digital Synthesizer
David Parks · Computer Music Journal · 1983
The synthesizer discussed here was designed as a means of generating time-variable spectra by evaluation of algebraic time-dependent functions. In addition to additive synthesis algorithms, many algebraic functions are known that efficiently yield such spectra. The functions themselves are often compact, and they are inherently hardware independent; accordingly, the design strives to reflect these attributes in a straightforward architecture that emphasizes hardware transparency.