The synthesis technique is also called additive synthesis. As supported by the LAW OF SUPERPOSITION ... Compare: GRANULAR SYNTHESIS, SOUND SYNTHESIS. Successive approximations of a sawtooth wave by ...

It is often used in sound synthesis. See also: Fourier Theorem, Oscillator. Compare: Pulse, Square Wave, Triangle Wave. Sawtooth wave, its description as a Fourier series, and as a line spectrum.