Oli Larkin is responsible for VirtualCZ, a plugin emulation of Casio's classic CZ hardware synths from the '80s. Who better, then, to explain the science behind the phase distortion synthesis methods ...

"To understand Phase Distortion (PD) synthesis and its relationship to FM, it's good to start with an idea of how a basic digital "table lookup" oscillator works, since both are usually based on this ...

For the last 15 years or so, software synths have slowly yet surely replaced those beatboxes, drum machines, and true synthesizers. It’s a loss for old hardware aficionados, but at least everyone with ...

Given all the foregoing research presented in various academic, scientific & industry journals, as well as other media, variously indicating the audibility of phase distortion, there remains no valid ...