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We are proud to announce that the final release version 3.0.0 of Vaporizer2 is out now.

The following features were added:

• Audio out oscilloscope display
• Snap to zero crossings mode in wavetable editor
• Major performance improvements in wavetable editor
• Hotkey to toggle draw mode in wavetable editor (Shift + d)
• UI improvements, maximize buttons for editor sections
• Significantly improved MSEG envelopes, can now be synchronized with DAW timecode – also for loops, option to run MSEG in single mode
• Added two new random drift automation sources
• Significantly improved filter section (...

Being able to synthesize any arbitrary waveform without aliasing – audible or not – is considered the holy grail of wavetable synthesis. But what does aliasing mean in that context?

If you are familiar with the Nyquist Theorem (Wikipedia article), then you know that in digital audio synthesis we can successfully sample and play back frequency components up to one-half the sampling frequency (fs). Aliasing is the term used to describe what happens when we try to record and play back frequencies higher than one-half the sampling rate. In that case frequencies above Nyquist fold over into the...