Timeline for WHY do harmonics happen?
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| Apr 28, 2021 at 11:44 | comment | added | phoog | @UdonJoe it's not because of damping, as explained in the various answers. | |
| Mar 30, 2020 at 21:10 | comment | added | Udon Joe | "When you hit/pluck/shake anything, it will vibrate at all kinds of frequency." Why? E.g., damping? But this doesn't explain an infinite number of overtones arising into non-perceptible frequency ranges. In fact, a dampening sound wave should cause a rising series of tones, not simultaneous overtones. | |
| Oct 10, 2014 at 4:04 | comment | added | wang zhihao | @slim Why will it vibrate at all kinds of frequency, if I pluck a string? | |
| Feb 24, 2012 at 12:32 | history | edited | slim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2012 at 14:09 | history | edited | slim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 21, 2012 at 13:51 | comment | added | slim | @leftaroundabout Those are fair nitpicks. If you leave the filters alone, you can play with additive synthesis on a typical multi-oscillator analogue synth. | |
| Feb 21, 2012 at 13:43 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | Nitpicks: the wavelength is the spatial length of "a single vibration", i.e. the distance between e.g. two knots on a string. That may be proportional to the period, which is the length in time, but it's not the same thing; in fact the quantities are not proportional on anything more complicated than a free string or a free column of air (e.g. drums, bells...), leading to harmonics that aren't integer multiples. That's why most melody/harmony-instruments use strings or air columns. — Most synthesizers use primarily substractive synthesis, not additive. | |
| Feb 20, 2012 at 15:09 | history | edited | slim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 20, 2012 at 12:23 | history | answered | slim | CC BY-SA 3.0 |