The function that you use to generate a wave form for
an oscillator has very little to do with its sounding
like a particular real instrument.  It is the time
varying aspects of the sound that make it recognizable
as one instrument or another.  

By far the most important of these characteristics is that 
of the attack envelope, and of the timbre changes of the
sound during this period.  Try this: sit at a keyboard that
is capable of imitating other instruments.  Play one or
more notes with the volume control turned off, and then 
immediately raise the volume after about .5 seconds have
gone by.  The sound's identity will be largely missing.

Toby

		-There otta be a law-

SONICMAN wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>     We all know that the Ftable .....10 1 = a sine wave and I know the
> square, and saw numbers, but does any one have or know of the correct
> book, or www site that has a LARGE variety of these numbers?
> 
> i.e. approximations of; a trumpet, white noise, violin, distorted
> guitar???
> 
> Thank you fellow Csounders,
> Marcus
>