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spacef · Post by **spacef** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:55 am

oh yes ok : http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/waves/soundwav.htm
see chapter X reflection and refraction..

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paulrmartin · Post by **paulrmartin** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:15 am

Rarefaction is the opposite of compression.
I just read the definition in Wikipedia. Just to let you know that I was on the wrong track here...

___crisis___1 · Post by **___crisis___1** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:00 am

rarefaction is when a set amount of articles, in a set amount of space, suddenly has more space with the same amount of particles. ex:

you have a snare drum in front of you... when you hit the snare drum, the skin first gets pushed inward. this is the act of rarefaction, because due to the drum skin pushing inwards, you know have the same amount of particles in a space larger than before... but only for a split second... because the skin of the drum obviously is going to try to move back to it's resting spot, so the skin of course bounces up after... this is the compression... having the same amount of particles in a smaller area...

Post by **garyb** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:20 am

yeah, but will that knowledge or terminology make better music?

Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:34 am

better music.. maybe not

but a good OFF topic discussion

___crisis___1 · Post by **___crisis___1** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:20 pm

well... it may not help you make better music... but it may? who knows how a piece of information affects one person to the next...

i just like to know how things work, why things are they way they are... it is my eternal quest!!!

i figure knowing how something works, and why it works that way, will give me a better understanding of the item in question. knowing how sound travels may not help make better "music" in general... but i am sure it will help make good music sound better?

Post by **hubird** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:05 pm

as long as you don't start makin a song, nothing happens...every minute you don't make music is lost forever.
Too obvious? it's essential

___crisis___1 · Post by **___crisis___1** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:35 pm

i still can't make my songs carry through the middle... i can create a nice intro, and a nice break down, and even a decent ending... but the middle of the track just sounds hollow... like something is missing!? i think it has to do with layering... maybe i am not using enough sounds? i am not sure... but i am still anxiously awaiting the day that i make my first real song...

Post by **hubird** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:15 pm

after a song or 20 you'll get the picture

you learn more from creating 20 songs than from one, editing till death.
cheers

emzee · Post by **emzee** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:58 pm

Today I was told by a lecturer ....."We only chase knowledge to be free of it"......

___crisis___1 · Post by **___crisis___1** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:16 pm

such a wise quote...