Life & fun · September 17, 2020
Oscillator Bank / Spectral Synthesizer
C Pixels-based graphical audio synthesizer implemented as a WebSocket server - grz0zrg/fas
Oscillator Bank / Spectral Synthesizer launched on September 17, 2020 with 36 votes, #858 of 3,898 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.
In plain words
Oscillator Bank is a spectral synthesizer tool launched in 2020 that creates sound through multiple oscillators. It is designed for musicians and sound designers who want to synthesize and manipulate audio using spectral methods. The software is open-source and hosted on GitHub, making it accessible to developers and audio enthusiasts interested in building custom sound synthesis tools.
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