User`s guide

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frequency response
The frequency response of a system is a curve showing how well the
system passes various frequencies. A filter is characterized by the
shape of its frequency response. Good audio systems have a flat
frequency response in the audible range of 20 to 20,000 Hertz.
glissando
A smooth slide through a series of adjacent pitches.
harmonic
A single frequency component of a sound. Also called “overtone,” or
“partial.” The timbre, or tone color, of a sound may be characterized
by its harmonic content. A 100 Hz sound that is high in harmonic
content (for example, a sawtooth wave) will have harmonics at 200
Hz, 300 Hz, 400 Hz, etc.
Hertz (Hz)
Cycles per second. A 60-Hertz hum has 60 repetitions of its
waveform every second.
highpass
A highpass filter passes the frequencies above the specified cutoff
and rolls off (attenuates) the lower frequencies.
hold time
The time interval during which a sample-and-hold holds the current
sample before getting a new one.
host program
The host program is the program that SFX Machine Pro plugs into;
for example, Peak, Deck or Premiere.
inharmonic
Frequency components are said to be inharmonic if they occur at
frequencies that are not integer multiples of the fundamental, or
base frequency.
Stretched strings, notably piano strings, produce sounds that are
slightly inharmonic because the higher partials are somewhat sharp.
FM and other techniques can produce extremely inharmonic sounds.