From: "Joël Krähemann" <joel@weedlight.ch>
To: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org
Subject: Re: is 440 Hz the true harmonic wave
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:20:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1396254042.3923.2.camel@debian> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53391D0E.2000306@ladisch.de>
On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 09:45 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Joël Krähemann wrote:
> > Is 440 Hz the true harmonic wave?
>
> 440 Hz is a frequency, not a wave.
>
> A single sine wave does not have overtones, so it is not possible to
> apply the term "harmony".
>
> I do not understand what you mean with "true".
>
> > Is there a constant for it in glibc, like M_PI?
>
> What would be the use of a definition like "#define HZ_440 440"?
>
>
> Regards,
> Clemens
I believe that 440 Hz is an approximation rather than true harmonic on
it's pressure. Or am I wrong? Sine is harmonic in default arc.
thank you!
Joël
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2014-03-31 5:36 is 440 Hz the true harmonic wave Joël Krähemann
2014-03-31 7:45 ` Clemens Ladisch
2014-03-31 8:20 ` Joël Krähemann [this message]
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2014-03-31 9:30 ` Joël Krähemann
2014-03-31 9:49 ` Joël Krähemann
2014-03-31 9:57 ` Joël Krähemann
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