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Itossibleforito‘see’souhiswayoheydidhroughspace:theywerestationary,or‘standing’waves.Forastandingwave,Figure1representsonlyhowthepressureofthewavegeswithlodhepressureataparticularspote(suchatime-baseddiagramforanypointinastandingwavewouldbeahorizontalline).

Theprincipleisclearerwhehestandingsouareformedwhenoneblowsacrosstheopenendofa12cmtubewhichisclosedattheotherend.Inallsuchwaves,theairatthedofthetubeove,duetofriwiththeendwall(sothispointisawaveofthiskindisoneinwhichthemotionoftheairmolecreaseswithdistahisend,andreachesamaximum(aheopehiswave,oerofawavelengthisiube,soithasawavelengthof4×12=48eblh,awhewaveswillform,eachwithaohetubeandaheother,asshownihelengthsoftheseotherlemultiplesofthefirst,andsuchwavesareknownasharmonics.

10. Standingenatoneend.

Justasinsuchapipe,soinanyotherfluid-filledcavity,idobject,therearewavelengthsofsoundarticularlyeasytoexcite.Thesearecalledresonancemodes(orsimplyresohemainoedsiheydependonlyondimensions.Forinstance,ifa12cmrodisfixedatitsendsandstrucksharply,itwillgee24dwaves,togetherwithwavesoflengths12cm,8cm,6cm,4dallotherswhiapart—agaiofharmonics.

A12gboxofairorwaterwillproduceallthesewavestoo—inthiscase,sthe‘ends’ofthefluidmovingisthattheyareadjattotheboxwalls,wherefripreveion.Theboxroducefamiliesofwavesdingtoitsheight,width,anddiagonals.

Resonanbeamajorprobleminroomacoustics,butarethebasisofmostmusistruments.Withaiubesopenatoneend(likesaheopenendisanantinode,ahefualfrequencyhastwicethewavelengthofthatofaclosedtubeofthesamelength.(Actually,theantinodeformsjustbeyondthepipe’send,requiringaneobemade,seeBox7.)

Box7

Usually,thelowestresonahemostpowerful;hreatdealyissuppliedtoamayresoave—oreventwo—higher.Aflute,forexample,willdothisifitisblh(‘overblown’).

Resonancesareallaroundus—tapaplate,glass,orforkanditwillring,providedonlythatitisnotdampedbybeiightly(tuningforksstillresolybecausetheyhavetwoidentigsthatmoveiions,geachotheroutatthehahereismotiohisisahandywayoffihercrockeryiscracked:ifalliswell,eachsuccessivemillimetreoftheplatewillmoveimmediatelyafteritsneighbmillimetre,alloass,muchlikeaMexilateis,literally,sound.Butifevenaverylinecrackseparatesadjatareas,draggingandfriptheresonangrisetoahy‘k’.

Iftheforcesuppliedtoaisasoufrequency,thegwillbehighlyeficeguitarstringsthatsoundinsympathywiththosestruckacrosstheroom,orbitsoftelevisiobuzzannoyinglyalongrogrammesounds.

&whiportanseveralareasofacousticsisHelmholtzresonance,familiartoanyonewhohasblownacrossthetopofabottletomakeitsing.AnyhollowobjectorcavityenneckwillactasaHelmholtzresonator(Box8).Ifastreamofairisblownacrosstheopeerthenegthepressureiyalittle.Thisoverpressurepushestheairoutagain—and,justlikeapendulum,

thisair‘overshoots’abit,leavingaslightunderpressure,whichsucksmoreairin,andsoulargstitutesasouaresonantfrequency.Ifasouhisfrequencyissuppliedtotheresonator,itwillsly.

Box8

gsounds

Standingwavesareasmallsubsetofsouly,theregionsofhighandlowpressureihroughspace(suchwavesarecalledprogressivewaves).Ifoo‘see’atravellingwave,ohereforechartairpressuregesthroughtime.OoattemptthiswasAlexanderGrahamBell,whoin1874proearfromapreghoiltokeepitflexible,ahinstrawtoitsdruTheothereraedtotraeonastripofslasswhichwasmovedalongastheearwasshoutedat.Thiswobblyliregofasouhedevicewasearphonautograph.Tothereliefofthosewhohadtostructthem,laterversiohdeadearsinfavourofmetaldiaphragms.

Phonautographswerenactualmeasurementsofsoundwaves,however;thesewereeventuallyprovidedbythecathoderayoscilloscope(CRO),developedinthe1930s.besetwithdifferenttime-basessothatahigh-frequendbespreadoutacrossthesoralowfrequenpressed,sothattheiresbeseen.Fromthis,theirwavelengthsbereadoffandtheirfrequeermined.

11.Spe.

Today,puterizedversionsofCROsarewidelyused.However,atwo-dimensionalplotstillonlydisplaysomefeaturesofsound.Mostsoundidlybothientandinpressure,whilybeproperlydisplayedtogetheronathree-dimensionaldisplay,calledaspe,roduputer.Irhtupthesusuallyrepresentsfrequendbrightnessorcolourrepresentssoundpressure(oriy).Inothercases,arepresentationofathree-dimensionalshapemaybemadeoheresultsmes(Figure11).

Unweavingsounds

Beioseeasoundallowsoofindoutalotaboutitqualitatively,androughmeasurementsadeofthesoutputs,butoftengoodquaionaboutsoundisoeliminatenoiseorimprovethedesignofamusistrument).Forthis,amathematialysisisrequired,awidelyusedaalisbasedonworkductedbyJosephFourierinthe1800s.

Fourierrealizedthatanyperiodi(thatis,onewhichrepeatsatasteadyrate)structedbyaddiheraseries(nowcalledaFourierseries)ofsinewaves—andheworkedoutamethodtodetermihemembers(terms)ofthatseriesare.(MathematicallyspeakingaFourierseriesisposedofaseriesofsinesaaeissimplyasiartsatmaximum,ratherthanatzero,soI’lljustrefertosinewaveshere.)AsFigure12shows,asfewasthreesinewavesroughlyapproximateasquare

Tomakethesidesofthelattermorevertical,higher-frequebeadded.AsquarewavesoundslikeadFourieranalysisshowsthereforethatasudden(thatis,rapidlyinginlevel)clieveryhigh-frequenpos.

12. Summioapproximateasquare>

Finalplicabletoperiodicwaves,butadevelopmentofitknownastheFouriertransformdlenon-periodies.AhighlyefitmathematicalmethodofgtheposinewavesofasignalisknownasaFastFourierTransform(FFT).Whenaddihis,theirphasemustbetakenintoat.Duringasihesoundpressureofawaverisesfromzero(thatis,equaltotheambieomaximum,thenfallsdowntominimum,aain.Thisissimilartothevertiofadotpaiheedgewheel,sophasebedestermsofaingat0°thewaverisestoamaximumataphaseof90°,fallstozeroat180°,downtoaminimumat270°,andbacktozeroat360°(whichisthesameas0°).

Allrealsouime,sotheintosiberepeatedfrequently.Suchtime-varyingfrequenalysesofsoundshavemanyapplis:forinstaheparametersofthesoundwaveswhiposeanindividual’svoiiquetothatperson.Hence,suchparametersbeusedasacoustigerprints’(calledvoits),andautomaticallyreizedbyamae.

versely,sinceeverywordhasauniquesouforhomophoneslike‘sew’and‘so’),itisinprinciplepossibleforamaetically,whoeverspeakstheWhilethesamewordwillbesaiddifferentlybydifferehereareelementswhilyslightly,orprediceourabilitytnizeawordirrespective(withinlimits)ofitsspeaker.

Automaticspeeitionisalongerfehowever,andthemainproblemliesindegwhereoheoseehowtrickythisis,trylisteningtoyourselfsaying‘breadandbutter’.Youwillprobablyactuallyhearsomethinglike‘brembudder’withall(andsayingthephrase‘properly’herfeelsnorsoundsnatural).Thereasonthathumaifywordssoreadilyisthatthesoundpatternswehearareonlyonepieceofevideowhatisbeingsaid—asChapter4>

Soundsfromnowhere

Sinysoundalysedintosifollowsthatanysouhesizedfromthem:sygeespeesoundshavebeenavailableformanyyears,andworkfarbetterthanreizers.Ihough,itisofteogeespeechbyaddiherfragmentsofpre-receedsounds—ateownasvoig.

Usually,however,owantnewsoundsbutimprovedversioingones—amusianofnoise,forexample.Theseleofpre-reentsisalsoonlyusedfornon-speeds:ocelebratedeleicgadgetsforthebuddingpopmusicproduthe1960swastheMellotron(1963)—amaeloadedwithalibraryofshortpiecesofsouomagape,anyofwhichcouldbequicklyseledplayedatafrequene.

&ingsounds:filters

Theowaytomodifysoundisthroughfiltering:theremovalorreduofselectedfrequenges,aplishedeitherbyeleiccircuitsorbysh-passfilterscutoutlowfrequencies,low-passohhighfrequendband-passfiltersbanishboth.Aoncefamiliarkindofvariablefilteristhegraphicequalizer,aseriesofaboutsevensliderbarsonahi-fi’samplifier,whichallowsselectedpresetfrequeobesuppressed.Thesimpler‘torolsimilarlyquieteherhigh(‘treble’)orlow(‘bass’)frequencies.

Avastraherfacilitiesisalsotobefouerizedtoolboxofthesoundartistineer:suchsoftwareaddreverberatio,artifidscape,orapplysuchreal-timegesasshiftingthefrequehesoundsofapbeftoaloudspeaker.Thisisthebasisofakaraokesystem,inwhiotesofsongsbesharpetechthosethattheuserfiosing.

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