Can you turn a music file sideways??? like 90 degrees and play it?

[Rakkis]

Physics does not apply differently to Digital and analog sounds.

Sounds travels in a straight line from its source to your ear. The ordered compression of air molecules renders a wave like this:

| |||| | |

between the source and your ear. If you were to turn sound in the same manner that you would a JPEG, you would not hear the sound since the compressed front of air (or whatever medium the sound is traveling in) would not strike your eardrum (it is not traveling in the same direction). The reason you can hear a speaker when it is not "aimed" at your ear is because regular speakers cannot target sound linearly. There are always some component sound waves that are traveling between the speaker and your ear. It is these that you hear.


[edit: typo]

 

[Ornery]

Esquire, are you the guy who was getting ripped off by the bloodsucking SOB for the SCSI controller etc. about 2 years ago?

 

[Esquire]

Okay it was just a thought... I was thinking if you could shift it, then strech it adding length it wouldn't last a fraction of a second.

It would sound messed up, i loved to hear what it would be...

thanks though

ornery yes Souder... thanks for your help 8^ )

 

[Capn]

<< Where sound is twice as loud, the decibel level goes up by six >>



You should be careful as talking about an acoustic signal as twice as "loud." This would mean you are referring to actual units of Loudness (Sone if I remember correctly) from what I remember it takes actually ten dB increase in SPL to double loudness. A 2x increase in the power of the acoustic signal will give you a 6 dB SPL increase though.

 

[BD2003]

Dude, what part of "That doesnt make sense" do you not understand?

Sound can be easily thought of as amplitude vs. time. You can theoretically turn it sideways and listen to is, but you wont hear anything, because it has no time, and therefore theres nothing to play.

But I definitely, definitely want to try the weed you're smoking.

 

[Esquire]

i thought of this sober....

just a thought.... so there would be no sound?

 

[Hoeboy]

don't listen to them esquire. they are all calling you a crackhead but they just don't have the creative minds or balls to express it more power to you (as long as you're serious).

 

[Esquire]

Np, just need some input don't mind getting flamed

thanks hoeboy

no sound thats wierd

i thought it sounded wacky... i was thinking being able to tell songs apart
I thought you could take the file and strech it to make it longer than a second

 

[MoMeanMugs]

Utoh Spaghettios, Luda's Oodles 'n Noodles

 

[StinkyMeat]

This thread just ruined my peaceful, coherent day. Thanks so much. Read a music theory book sometime.

 

[BD2003]

Conceptually you could take sections of sheet music (a few bars), turn them sideways, and piece them together, and then play the song.

However what you get will not be music, it will be the harshest, most ridiculous, thing you have EVER heard.

You have to understand that music is basically one dimensional. You cant turn something thats only one dimension.

 

[yakko]

<< just trying out my new brain >>

When you are done with it I have a grreat stew recipe that needs it.