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Waveform vs Wavetable - What's the difference?

waveform | wavetable |

As nouns the difference between waveform and wavetable

is that waveform is (mathematics) the shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable while wavetable is a collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.

waveform

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics) The shape of a wave function represented by a graph showing some dependent variable as function of an independent variable.
  • (physics, engineering) The shape of a physical wave, such as sound, electric current or electromagnetic radiation, or its representation obtained by plotting a charecteristic of the phenomenon (such as voltage) versus another variable, often time.

    • See also

    * ("waveform" on Wikipedia)

    wavetable

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia wavetable)
  • A collection of many single-cycle waveforms with subtly changing harmonic contents, sometimes based on a sample of a real musical instrument, used in sound synthesis.