multiple wavetable synthesis, tends to be erroneously referred as if it was a generic class of whole wavetable synthesis family, exclusively.Note': Regarding the previous quotation, a specific wavetable synthesis developed by Wolfgang Palm, known as "multiple wavetable synthesis", is ambiguously referred as "wavetable synthesis".

As a result, the difficulty of maintaining consistency between concepts and terminology during rapid technological development is noteworthy.For this reason the term "Table-lookup synthesis" is explained at length