wavetable

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Definition of wavetable in English English dictionary

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

a storage location that contains data used to generate waveforms digitally

Wavetable

{i} (Computers) sound synthesizer used to produce sound from pre-recorded digital signals (generally built onto a sound card)

Synthesised sound file (also WAV) type recording complete sounds rather than individual notes or instruments

Etymology

() wave +‎ table (from waveform)