Homework 10 Responses: The Nature of Audio Research Questions - Ben 5.

(a) When different harmonic waveform s are added together, the human ear can hear the difference s and perceive these difference s as new what...?

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1. Describe how sound waves travel, referring to particles, compression , and refraction.

2. (a) The height of the wave is called... ?

2. (b) What propert y of sound does your answer to 2. (a) relate to?

3. We measure frequency in hertz (Hz) and Killohertz (KHz). What does frequency relate to in terms of a waveform ?

4. (a) With reference to a vibrating string, what is the fundamental ?

4. (b) With reference to a vibrating string, what are harmonics ?

5. (b) What does this word (your answer to 5. (a)) mean?

6. Name the 4 stages that describe how sound is converted into electrical energy.

8. Give 3 examples of ways in which a sound 7. What is engineer the can similarity manipulate shared by waveforms, both an ear and the drum and a technical microphon equipment e that is diaphragm used to do ? so.

9. If digital sound is represente d by a series of voltages on and off signals, or 1s and 0s how is it represente d in the analogue domain?

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When there is a disturbance in an object, particles compress (pull together) and then (push apart) rarefact.

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frequency is the amount of pulses in the wave form|

the even halves by which strings vibrate

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they both vibrate in response to sound.

eq, compressio n and gate. an engineer can do this by using a computer program, or a hardware mixing desk.

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10. (e) 11. What How does 10. (a) How does a DAC is an 10. (b) 10. (c) 10. (d) higher stand for analogue What is What is a What is bit depth and waveform the sample sampling improve what represente sample rate of bit digital does it d digitally? period? 48KHz? depth? audio? do? bit depth is when the waveform of the sample is divided into the gap steps, by by between reducing reducing each the the individua waveform waveform l sample then the then the used to it samples samples digital to make up correspond can be can be analouge the s to 48,000 equalised equalised converter 1s and 0s sound. per second. . . .

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