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Frequency/Period

Sound is a periodic event. This means that there is a fixed amount of time between different events.The Frequency component of a sound wave affects the pitch of the sound.

Frequency is measured in Hertz (cycles per second)

Period = 1 / Frequency in HzT = 1/f

Frequency = 1/ Period f = 1/T

Different types of frequency components periodic/ aperiodic

It is assumed the humans can hear frequencies from 20Hz to 20,000 Hz.

20-20KHz Sweep

http://iam.colum.edu/sound/media/sweep20-20.wav 41kb,16 bit 3.7megs