On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 04:55:54PM +1300, Mayes, Kerry wrote: > Hi all > > I'm looking for some software that will display up to four sine waves added > together. My trouble is I don't really know what search terms to use! > > What I am trying to demonstrate is the difference between > equal temperament and just intonation - two ways of tuning in music. For > example, the note A is generally 440Hz, 880Hz, ... A just tuned 3rd (Db) > is 550Hz whereas the equal tempered 3rd is 554.37Hz (440 * 2^(4/12)). > > So adding the just intonation sinewaves should give a regular looking > pattern whereas the equal tempered will be a bit "messy". > > If anyone knows of anything like this, I'd be keen to hear.
Maybe the 'superimpose multiple waveforms' function at http://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/AudioWaveforms.html Malc _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
