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The waveform of a whip sound mildly resembles a whip (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Also mildly interesting is the difference in the L/R waveforms. Taken from the end of a Danny Go song.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Hm, seems to be logical. The sound of the whip is more or less a direct translation of the movement it makes in the air.

It is the same for string instruments. The movement of the string looks the same as its waveform.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 weeks ago

Analog audio is analogous.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, that makes sense. I guess the difference is that you don't typically see the shape of a string as it vibrates, as opposed to seeing a whip move.