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🔬 Making again 🎛️ Rebuilding sound
resynthesis

resynthesis

8.2
The process of recreating a sound from recorded audio data
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈsɪnθəsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : resíntesis
  • Modern music software allows for advanced resynthesis of sampled instruments.

Examples

  • After analyzing the audio, the technician used resynthesis to produce a cleaner version of the track.

  • The engineer performed resynthesis to recreate the original sound from the recorded data.

  • The resynthesis of the audio signal was successful.

  • Can you explain the process of resynthesis?

  • The engineer performed resynthesis to recreate the original sound from the recorded data.

  • Modern music software allows for advanced resynthesis of sampled instruments.

  • After analyzing the audio, the technician used resynthesis to produce a cleaner version of the track.

Surface Forms

resynthesis singular
resyntheses plural

Morphology

resynthesis = synthesis (semi-transparent) = re + synthesis

The meaning 'synthesis again' is clear from the base, but the precise audio-engineering sense of rebuilding a signal from analysis data is specialized.

Etymology

Resynthesis comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and synthesis meaning 'putting together', the same root you see in synthesizer. In audio work it means 'putting the sound back together' from analysis data, so you rebuild the original sound.