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One of the difficult aspects of the study of electronic music is the accurate description of the sounds used. With traditional music, there is a general understanding of what the instruments sound like, so a simple notation of "violin", or "steel guitar" will convey enough of an aural image for study or performance.
In electronic music, the sounds are usually unfamiliar, and a composition may involve some very delicate variations in those sounds. In order to discuss and study such sounds with the required accuracy , we must use the tools of mathematics. there will be no proofs or rigorous developments, but many concepts will be illustrated with graphs and a few simple functions.
Sound wave
Sound wave
The vibration of an object that causes the air surrounding it to vibrate which travels to the eardrums and creates sound.
Sine wave
Sine wave
a waveform with the same geometric representation as the sin function in trig.
Production
Production
a production's job is to balance music using computer programs that look at sound waves.
Trigonometric equations determine where the musician's sound is.
by Hibiki Ota
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