====== Scythe Synthesizer ======
2020: renamed to WaveStorm and some new features and AUv3 added.

An Audiobus-compatible IAA wavetable synthesizer from BitMask Studio. There is also a different synth from another developer called Scythe.

**App type**: App

**App store link**: [[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scythe-synthesizer/id1278439277 |{{:appstoreblue.png?30|}}]]

**Developer**: [[https://www.bitmaskstudio.com/scythe |Bitmask Studio]]

**Developer AB Forum Handle**: 

===== Additional Info =====

The developer’s original YouTube videos are no longer available.

===== Tips & Tricks =====
===== Scythe Wavetables =====

Scythe wavetables contain up to 256 single-cycle waveforms which you might think of as slices or frames.

===== Audio to Wavetable Conversion =====
Scythe can create wavetables from audio imported from AudioShare. The maximum number of waveforms per wavetable is 256. Scythe uses a proprietary algorithm for analyzing audio and converting the audio to a wavetable. There is not a fixed ratio of audio duration to wavetable frame. The spectral (harmonic) complexity of the sound influences the conversion. I have had 1 second long sound that resulted in a full 256 frame wavetable and another sound whose 2.8 seconds resulted in 254 frames.

When I imported a 220Hz sine wave, the frames (waveforms) were very close (if not precisely), two cycles wide.

Jarryd Hall, Scythe's creator, had this to share about the audio-to-wavetable generation:

<WRAP indent>
//The engine works with its own file format and audio is processed in a way that works with the synthesis engine, generated specifically for the synthesis algorithms being used. Each wavetable can hold up to 256 (2^8) waves, with each wave containing 1024 (2^10) samples.

The processing is done using a few combined techniques and mainly focuses on frequency, where low-mid frequency sounds or sounds containing the most frequency changes generate the best wavetables.

The generated wave is heavily dependent on spectral content. Scythe doesn't work as a sampler/wavescanner.//
</WRAP>


===== Videos =====

Overview from Pants of Death:
{{youtube>PBvrhk860h0?medium|App Overview by Pants of Death}}
 
Sound Test Room Overview
{{youtube>BGIL0RJcG4k?medium|The Sound Test Room Overview}}

**Videos from the developer:**

**These developer videos are no longer available because the YouTube channel has been closed.**
{{youtube>2tKpLQrMcpA?medium|App Overview}}
  
{{youtube>0bx6DeTzl9s|Preview 1}}
  
{{youtube>bGFMvs_Kt_U|Preview 2}}
  
{{youtube>C5Whes8X3Vc|Preview 3}}
  
{{youtube>XJrFv35K1MQ|In Depth Guide and Tutorial}}
  
{{youtube>/YJY-XeJfVdM|Wavetable Creator Overview}}
  
{{youtube>YJY-XeJfVdM|Scythe wavetable editor video}}

===== Audio Tracks =====
Here are some audio tracks that prominently feature Scythe Synth

Glytch -- an all Scythe Synth Track:

{{url>https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/610078449&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true 600,140}}

Myangar In the Mist -- gentle Scythe solo improv -- the wavetable was generated from a vocal sample:


{{url>https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/605590776&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true 600,140}}
  
{{tag> Scythe_Synth wavetable synthesizer}}