I remember when this forum used to be called "Science, Creation and Evolution" and I want to post a science question. So to the person who changed the name.
How does a speaker with a single diaphragm make complex sounds with more than one note? In the typical (school) science experiment one would pass an AC across a speaker electromagnet to make squeaky noises and then make a low noise and loud and quiet etc.
What I don't understand is how the speakers can make more than one note at once, and then, how different timbres of sound can be made. How can one replicate a complex wave on a single diaphragm?
Since I own a copy of Windows Media Player, I can watch the waves of sound track osciliscope-wise across the screen, so I can see that the waves of sound produced are not regular sine waves, but I dont see how that could ever produce more than one note. Surely if you add one sound to another you just get a louder sound?
Feel free to respond with long words and blindingly complicated science, I can take it.
How does a speaker with a single diaphragm make complex sounds with more than one note? In the typical (school) science experiment one would pass an AC across a speaker electromagnet to make squeaky noises and then make a low noise and loud and quiet etc.
What I don't understand is how the speakers can make more than one note at once, and then, how different timbres of sound can be made. How can one replicate a complex wave on a single diaphragm?
Since I own a copy of Windows Media Player, I can watch the waves of sound track osciliscope-wise across the screen, so I can see that the waves of sound produced are not regular sine waves, but I dont see how that could ever produce more than one note. Surely if you add one sound to another you just get a louder sound?
Feel free to respond with long words and blindingly complicated science, I can take it.