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depends. Most old school (analog subtractive) synths like the Moog Voyager and newer VAs (virtual analogs) use an oscillator... Oscillating (vibrating) into the spectrum of human hearing.... these vibrations create distinct waveforms (sine, square, saw, triangle, noise, etc...) that are used as the source of a synth.

Other types of synths use different types of sound sources. Wavetable synths use a collection of single-cycle waveforms that can be "scanned" through in real-time or through modulation... creating more evolving, or "animated" sounds.

Romplers (sample-based keyboard workstations) like the Korg M3, Yamaha Motif, and Logic ESX24, use PCM sample oscillators... these are the least traditional of synths and use pre-recorded samples of sounds mapped across a keyboard... this approach is the best for creating realistic emulations of acoustic instruments (because it uses samples instead of raw waveforms and usually has better options for mapping them).

There is also sample-based GRANULAR synthesis, Computer aided (algorithmic) PHYSICAL MODELING synthesis, and much more...

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