Tag: Acoustics

  • May 12, 2025
    Pitch refers to the perceived frequency of a sound, indicating whether it is heard as high or low. It is…
  • May 12, 2025
    Partials are also known as overtones or harmonics. They are the individual frequencies that make up a complex sound wave…
  • May 12, 2025
    Overtones, another term for harmonics, are additional frequencies that accompany the fundamental frequency of a sound. When a musical instrument…
  • May 12, 2025
    Out of phase refers to a condition where two or more waves or signals are not synchronized or aligned in…
  • May 12, 2025
    Narrow bandwidth refers to a limited range of frequencies within a signal or spectrum. In the context of sound, a…
  • May 12, 2025
    Hertz (Hz), named after Heinrich Hertz, measures the frequency of a sound by indicating the number of cycles per second…
  • May 12, 2025
    Frequency refers to the number of cycles or vibrations a sound wave completes per unit of time, typically measured in…
  • May 11, 2025
    Formant tuning refers to the process of adjusting the resonance frequencies, known as formants, in the vocal tract to achieve…
  • May 11, 2025
    Formant refers to a concentration of acoustic energy in the frequency spectrum of a sound. In the context of speech…
  • April 29, 2025
    Formant 2 (F2) is the second formant frequency. Like Formant 1 it is created by the shape of the tongue;…