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Digital Audio Fundamentals
Editing Audio
major impact on the sound we perceive when a guitar is played because it
enhances or amplifies some of the vibrations produced by the string and
diminishes or attenuates others. The ultimate effect of all the vibrations
occurring simultaneously, being altered by the resonator, adds up to the
sound we know as guitar.
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Digital Audio Fundamentals
Waveforms
A sound wave can be represented in many different ways: as a
mathematical formula, as a series of numbers, or graphically as a
waveform. A waveform displays the size, or amplitude, of the vibration as
a function of time. For example, the waveform of the sound of the plucked
guitar string might look like this:
The waveform of a trumpet blast might look like this:
And the waveform of a spoken word might look like this: