General qualities

Timbre

Morphology

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Natural/Artificial

The words natural and artificial refer to two different ways used to produce sounds. A natural sound is produced by a physical source. One may also use the word acoustic. An artificial sound is produced or modified by digital or electro-acoustic technologies. One may also use the word synthesized.

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