Understanding Synthesizers Properly

Many explanations online of synths fail to teach key concepts properly

Abstract art of synthesizer sound waves (Credit: Erik Engheim)

I decided to write this article because I have been confused as a beginner of how synthesizers work. Now that I look back, I realize that experts at the music stores I went to as well as on YouTube taught me some of the core concepts wrong. That made it hard for me to fully grasp how a…