In Reply to: yes posted by Tre' on March 18, 2012 at 15:07:07:
Chris, Tre', Timbo, Eli, et al... From what I recall from Physics 101 (many moons ago), music or speech or anything complex & periodic in nature can be described by folding or mathmatically summing up a series of simple sine waves. The more approximations you do (summing up more sine waves that, when added, the closer you get to the describing the actual Natural periodic event. You can never get 100% precision, even with say, a regression formula of infinite trials.Sound or music is not "made-up" of sine waves. But, are described or approximated by a series of unique wave function formulas. It is the way one can get a handle on this extremely complex phenomenom. Describe it in a formula--- so that the music can be reproduced--- in a somewhat faithful manner (at least as precise, as the least accurate component wave).
Sorry, about all the yaddy-yaddy-yaddy.
Edits: 03/19/12
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- " made up of sine waves " - FenderLover 17:42:40 03/19/12 (5)
- Yes I covered Fourier in my 'mid-life crisis degree' - Timbo in Oz 04:35:40 03/21/12 (4)
- RE: Yes I covered Fourier in my 'mid-life crisis degree' - drlowmu 12:14:29 03/21/12 (3)
- Possibly at his misuse or overemphasis by others? - Timbo in Oz 14:17:07 03/21/12 (0)
- RE: Yes I covered Fourier in my 'mid-life crisis degree' - DanK tubes 12:42:12 03/21/12 (1)
- Sharing Bob Fulton's work....... - drlowmu 15:14:09 03/21/12 (0)