Hi i am Diego Valenzuela from Torren COAH in Mexico.

This lesson is
for week 1 of Introduction To Music Production at coursera.org. I'll
teach "Visualizing sound".
Since I worked with an DAW and sound in general, it's very used full to
make a visual representation of the sound.. Because the sound is a
longitudinal wave . I think having a good view and understand what you
see really can help you hear .
This part analyzes three different ways of visualizing the sound and find
out why they are useful.

The first is on a screen of an oscilloscope :

The problem with the oscilloscope screen is that it is hard to determine

the frequency of sounds, as you will find out how many times per
second to see changed what is the frequency. It is good because it
offers us a true representation of what will be the movements of the
speaker. The oscilloscope offers us a kind of microscopic view of what
happens with the sound. It is a very close view on real time of what you'r
seen in an audio track .we'll see in the timeline, which is the horizontal
line; It's about a very detail image of time in milliseconds . It shows
precisely how the pressure varies in the air or the voltage on a
cableafter having been converted a microphone.
In this screen I change the amplitude of the signal.We see that the wave
height is changed and it represents a smaller variation in air pressure or
a lower voltage variation in a cable of some sort. I can increase it. While
modify the amplitude, it is important to note that not have any effect
on the frequency.
One aspect of timbre is how bright it is added to the sound. You will
notice that the fact of changing the timbre does not affect the scope or
the frequency.
The next Visualizer will study is the "Spectrum Analyzer" :

The spectrum analyzer shows horizontal frequency and amplitude

vertically. In this view instead of seeing the real movement sound or the
actual air pressure, we see the exact frequency that is. We see that in
the spectrum analysis, the timbre is displayed as a series of peaks. This
is a very important concept in sound, since any periodic wave, as one
sawtooth wave, will peak in a range of frequencies.
And each of these frequencies is an integer multiple of the
principal. This is a principal peak and have twice that frequency, three
times, four, five, six, seven, eight, etc. This is called a harmonic series
and plays a major role in the ring. The difference in sound between
a sine wave and a sawtooth wave, or even between a piano and
oboe that reproduce the same note, will be the relative levels of the
partials. Not only that describe the bell, but it is something very
important. Often, spectrum analyzers see equalizers, since the equalizer
function is to manipulate the timbre. Manipulate the spectrum and you'll
notice a direct correlation between what you do in the equalizer and the
way the sound is modified within the screen.
The last visualization discuss here is the screen "Sonogram" :

Sonogram analysis is similar to the spectrum analyzer, but is

reversed. That is, instead of having frequency from left to right, this
leading from bottom upwards. So we have the time passes slowly and
horizontally. It's like viewing a distant wave. We see a bar horizontal. If I
change the amplitude, we will see that changes the color of that bar. It
will reduce a bit and it will be a little bluer. If the amplitude increases, it
becomes red. It shows the story of how they were modified the timbre
and spectrum. The frequency is vertically and see how the same
element rises eighth and double the frequency. If I change the timbre by
incorporating higher harmonics and I turn into a sawtooth wave, we see
these additional harmonics up here as lines additional analysis on a
sonogram.
One of the best features is that each small variation in fundamental
frequency that is also reflected in the higher harmonics.
I hope this explanation has served to show how the three parameters of
sound, amplitude, frequency and timbre, interact and are shown in
these three different screens. Remember a little. If I play a note at a
single frequency, the sine wave and modified its breadth, we vertically
on the oscilloscope. And we see it as a vertical shift in the spectrum
analyzer. And as a change of color on the sonogram screen. If I change
the frequency, we can see how the number of repetitions are
modified on the oscilloscope. We see it as a horizontal movement
in spectrum analyzer. And the vertical movement sonogram screen. If I
change the timbre, it is seen as a change in the sine wave on the
oscilloscope. We see more energy and frequency Further in the
spectrum analyzer. Additional lines also appear on the sonogram
screen.
I find this class useful, as well we have a better vision of sound and so
we can familiarize a little with the real numbers as sound travels identify
and know what their waveform at the same time to have a better
understanding of their harmonics and have different perspectives of the
sound itself. My name is Diego Valenzuela and I hope this is of great

help as ami, and to know what they measure three displays of sound
gives you a broad view of the sound and waveforms.