In this video, via Moog Music, Dr. Joseph Akins continues his five part series on the fundamentals of synthesizer programming.

In part two of this five part series, Dr. Akins goes over operation of a synthesizer’s two main sound sources, the oscillators and the noise generator.

Dr. Akins is an associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University and strives to teach his students a complete understanding of synthesizers and computers as tools for modern music production.

See this earlier post, The Fundamentals of Synthesizer Programming, for the first episode in the series.