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Comment by glassx

14 years ago

> And when your oscillator is no longer one-dimensional, most harmonics aren't even close to integer multiples. The harmonics of bells, cymbals and drums are all over the place. That's what gives them their percussive sound.

But those aren't harmonics, they're inharmonic partials.

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