Actually, there’s every reason to believe that the waveforms *are* representational — just compressed relative to their actual shape on the string. But that makes it even more cool to watch. Check out how excitation style changes the shape of the wave — gentle strums yield softer sounds and sine-wave curves; harder plucks yield triangular (or even spikier) waveforms, reflecting the harsher harmonics. Very cool, thanks!
This is a great example of aliasing in the audio-visual domain…
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Actually, there’s every reason to believe that the waveforms *are* representational — just compressed relative to their actual shape on the string. But that makes it even more cool to watch. Check out how excitation style changes the shape of the wave — gentle strums yield softer sounds and sine-wave curves; harder plucks yield triangular (or even spikier) waveforms, reflecting the harsher harmonics. Very cool, thanks!