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Thursday, October 9th, 2025 11:18 pm

Synth Glossary

Aftertouch:
A means of generating a control signal based on how much pressure is applied to the keys of a MIDI keyboard. Most instruments that support this do not have independent pressure sensing for all keys, but rather detect the overall pressure by means of a sensing strip running beneath the keys. Aftertouch may be used to control such functions as vibrato depth, filter brightness, loudness and so on....

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With todays technology it is now possible to recreate all the sounds that the classic analog synths gave us.

Only now we are not limited to poor midi specs and hugely overpriced, secondhand equipment. Not only do these time-machines create the old familar sounds they can also let us create new and exciting sounds with the ease of analog programming.

Current Virtual Analog Synth Manufacturers

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