Wavetable creation tools
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Wavetable Creation Tools
I thought it'd be a good idea to have an index that includes all currently known tools for wavetable creation.
Other wavetable stuff:
Hyperwave
I'm currently building https://hyperwave.app a powerful and modular wavetable generator, it's functionally complete, it just needs some more walkthroughs, templates, polish and demo wavetables.
it offers 'offline' spectral processing so you get all the juicy spectral power and capabilities without the temporal smearing you would have to deal with when processing real time audio.
as well as deep wave shaping and distortion models, filter models (WIP), and so much more, bend+/-, custom phase bends with "remap position index" every single parameter modulatable.
Give it a try, there's a walkthrough teaching you the controls, if you're familiar with modular synths, or modular software like substance designer, you will feel right at home, if you're not, then experiment and enjoy, but also keep an eye on future additions to the 'getting started' presets, which will soon fill with more walkthroughs teaching a lot of synthesis concepts, that will inadvertently also teach you how to use any other synth as well. if you know how it works modular, you will know your way around everything else as well.
hyperwave is free, and only takes a few minutes to learn, please check it out, and feel free to message me on discord or X for any feature requests, help, or bugs reports!
https://hyperwave.app ofcourse supports any wavetable synth, vital, serum(1&2), as well as hardware synths that can load wavetables that need 'special' wavetable layouts (512x64, 256x16, all the way up to 8192x1024).
WaveEdit
https://synthtech.com/waveedit
wave edit is the OG but has a max of 256 samples per wavetable cycle.
Waveedit for the modwave:
https://github.com/jeremybernstein/modwaveEdit/releases/
this one is slightly altered to allow for wavetable exports that fit the modwave spec, as suggested by Cuckoo (thanks!)
WaveEdit Fork
https://github.com/jeremybernstein/WaveEdit/releases/tag/v1.0-alpha.1
this version of wave edit is a fork of the original wave edit allowing for 1024 samples in a cycle.
Vital
Vital is a free plugin wavetable synthesizer with a very powerful wavetable editor, allowing you to blend and layer multiple sources like samples and other wavetables like you would layer things in photoshop. also has additional modifiers like filtering, wave window(RM ish), wave folding, wave warping, vocoding the wavetable with misc sample sources. all animatable and modulatable through a 'keyframe' Esque timeline system. very deep.
Audioterm
https://modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=195396
Audioterm is a powerful mathematical based wavetable generator with resynthesis capabilities.
Wavetable Studio
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/serum-fm-wavetable-studio-by-glow-shrimp-software
wavetable studio is an FM based wavetable creation tool made for serum, but usable for the deluge.
Images As Wavetables
https://github.com/PalmerHogen/ImagesAsWavetables
if you're willing to get your hands dirty you can use this tool to turn images into wavetables, where each pixel on the y axis represents an audio sample and the x-axis represents the wavetable position. from experience I can say it works amazingly with texture creation tools like substance designer that works with the power of 2 resolutions and have a large variety of generative algorithms. or you can use less powerful but free alternatives like TextureLab and Material Maker.
Turning a Photo Into a Serum Wavetable
https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/kk2mj0/turning_a_photo_into_a_serum_wavetable/
not a standalone tool, but still an alternative and useful but very manual way to create wavetables from images using free software GIMP and the not so free plugin SERUM. (you can still skip all image creation related steps if you appropriately use one of the aforementioned texture creation tools)
single cycle stuff:
Single Cycle Generator
http://scw.sheetsofsound.com/editor.html
single cycle generator with a large range of samples per cycle, starting at 32 samples up towards 4096 samples per cycle.
Hard & Softcore Single-Cycle Waveform Tools
https://www.elektronauts.com/t/hard-softcore-single-cycle-waveform-tools-for-digitakt-et-al/98213
two different single-cycle generators, one being additive based, the other being math/algorithmic based. goes up to 4096 samples per cycle.
Wavetable Creator
https://oceanswift.net/product/wavetable-creator/
allows you to make a wavetable out of single-cycle waveforms manually with up to 100 cycles in a single table with multiple interpolation styles and the flexibility to choose your final single-cycle sample size from 128, 256,512,1024 and 2048. as well as bitrate.
That is all that I know of, for now, let me know if I missed anything and I'll be adding it to the list.
Enjoy your wavetable creation journey!
Comments
Hello,
thought I'd chime in that there is another fork of WaveEdit that is specifically made to be compliant with Korg ModWave with a resolution of 2048 samples x 64 waveforms.
https://github.com/jeremybernstein/modwaveEdit/releases/
very nice, thanks cuckoo!
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Hello, We noticed you listed our old wavetable tool "Wavetabler" , that atm is not available. We have a brand new one, that goes way beyond, its compatible with Deluge and many other synths, tools and software, have a look at our compatibility list.
Consider adding our new tool to your list, and we invite you all to check it out.
Wavetable Creator
https://oceanswift.net/product/wavetable-creator/
Regards
Ocean Swift
Thanks, a little late but i'll check it out, sounds awesome. sadly i can't edit the original post anymore, or maybe i am blind, but i don't see any "edit" knob or other menus. If i find it i'll replace wavetabler with yours.