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The critical band is the ear's frequency resolution width; partials within it interfere and cause roughness

The cut effect assigns samples to choke groups so a new hit stops previous overlapping hits from the same group

The DDSP Processor separates unconstrained network outputs (inputs) from physically valid synthesizer controls

The DFT computes each frequency bin by accumulating every input sample times a rotating phasor

The DJ's seamless all-night flow makes recordings source material for a live composition, a radical shift from disco on

The DnB 'drop' is a switch of rhythm or bassline following a build/breakdown, often rewound when the crowd responds

The DnB two-step places kick on beat 1 and the and-of-2, creating a syncopated broken feel

The dominant seventh (V7) contains a tritone that resolves by half-step into the tonic triad, creating the strongest cadence

The drum pattern alone — independent of sound selection — signals genre to a trained ear

The drunk drummer feel is intentional off-grid hit placement, not sloppy or random playing

The dub delay throw feeds a stab into a long filtered feedback delay whose repeats degrade and darken

The dub-techno signature is a single offbeat minor-7/9 chord stab soaked in delay and reverb

The DX7 pitch EG applies to all operators simultaneously and cannot be isolated per operator

The ear perceives a 'missing fundamental' pitch from upper harmonics alone

The Elektron data hierarchy separates project, pattern, kit, preset, and sample into distinct save levels

The Eurorack bus carries internal CV and Gate lines that can replace front-panel patch cables for common signals

The exp_sigmoid nonlinearity maps network outputs to strictly positive amplitudes with a controllable range

The fader-at-unity method sets all faders to 0 dB first, then raises gain — prioritising visual clarity and fine fader control over preamp signal strength

The floor of the repeated domain gives a unique integer ID per tiled instance for per-cell variation

The FM fundamental frequency equals fC/N1 = fM/N2 when the carrier-to-modulator ratio is N1:N2

The FM modulation index (deviation ÷ modulator frequency) sets sideband amplitudes and thus brightness

The FM modulation index I = d/m is the ratio of peak frequency deviation to modulating frequency

The Frankfurt tape scene of the early 1980s was an experimental electronic movement that preceded the German techno scene

The Freesound APIv2 exposes the CC-licensed sound library over HTTP for programmatic search and retrieval

The fundamental color skill for design is modifying one base color into many variations, not picking color-wheel palettes

The fundamental DJ skill is reading and playing for the crowd, not demonstrating technical ability

The Gabor matrix tiles the time-frequency plane with acoustic quanta

The gain-first method sets gain with the fader down, then raises the fader — giving strong preamp signal but risking low fader position precision

The Gaussian (normal) distribution provides a symmetric bell-curve probability shape useful for generating clustered musical choices

The GLSL length() function computes distance from the origin, enabling radial gradients and circular shapes

The Grand Master slider is the final intensity master before values reach DMX hardware

The Gray Album demonstrated that an illegal remix can achieve massive cultural impact and highlight the absurdity of current copyright law

The grime eskibeat bass is built from a pulse oscillator, slow amp envelope, mono glide, low-pass filter, and unison detune

The HAP codec decompresses on the GPU to enable many simultaneous high-resolution video streams

The hardcore-techno kick is a distorted sawtooth, harder and edgier than a standard techno kick

The harmonic minor scale raises the 7th degree to create a leading tone and a stronger dominant chord

The house bass sits between the kicks as a syncopated offbeat line locked to the chord roots

The index increment fL/fs replaces per-sample sine computation with a single add per sample

The Jersey Club beat shifts the 2-3 son clave's first hit onto the downbeat for a strong club accent

The Korg Poly-61 gave electro producers an affordable polysynth for bass, strings, and arpeggios in place of a Prophet-5

The Lag UGen smooths abrupt parameter changes by creating a linear ramp over a specified duration

The laptop performer's hidden physical actions create an audience perception problem: is this live or playback?

The LFE channel in 5.1 surround has an additional 10 dB of headroom for low-frequency effects

The Live Object Model organises Live's entire state as a tree: Song > Tracks > Clips/Devices > Parameters

The live visual performer must simultaneously monitor two spaces: the desktop interface and the projection output

The LM386 IC provides a simple 0.25W audio power amplifier that runs on 9V battery and needs only a few passive components

The loudness wars took off when digital domain compressors enabled look-ahead limiting analog gear could not achieve

The MATHS BOTH CV input controls the whole function's rate exponentially and inverted: positive speeds up, negative slows down

The MATHS SUM output adds the four attenuverter-weighted channels, so mixing and subtraction are done by setting polarities

The MC role in DnB derived from hip-hop and reggae/ragga traditions but declined as DnB moved closer to techno

The melodic minor scale raises both the 6th and 7th ascending to smooth the melody, and reverts to natural minor descending

The Mentasm stab — a Roland Juno-Alpha derived drone — became hardcore's defining early sonic marker

The metamedium reframes intermedia for the digital era as an active mix of media, not a mere addition

The Miami bass kick is a long-decay 808 hit with a present transient, giving the genre its boomy low end

The minimum of multiple SDFs combines them into a single scene that ray marchers can query

The most powerful drop is a beat or half-bar of near-silence immediately before everything hits on the downbeat

The Music Institute was the first underground techno club, giving Black Detroit an all-electronic venue when other clubs shunned the sound

The Nature of Code is a 12-chapter, 67-video p5.js track on simulating natural systems in code

The next generation of Chicago footwork producers worked primarily in Fruity Loops rather than hardware drum machines and samplers

The noise predictor is trained by adding known noise to images and having it predict that noise