Wavetable synthesis is a sound synthesis technique used to create quasi-periodic waveforms often used in the production of musical tones or notes. It uses a series of waveforms that are digitized as a
An example of lookup table, where the data at addresses from 63 to 67 are zoomed. (based on Figure 2.1 on Nelson 2000) On Csound, it is called f-table (function table), and used for various purposes including: wavetable-lookup synthesis, waveshaping, MIDI note mapping, and storing ordered pitch-class sets.