NMC Learning at Home: The Oscilloscope

What does sound actually look like? Evan the Educator delves into this question through an oscilloscope and a variety of sound tech tools to encourage your exploration.

Check out the links below to follow along:
Visualize live sound with a virtual oscilloscope at https://academo.org/demos/virtual-osc...
Check out a signal generator to see sine waves at https://signalgenerator.sciencemusic....
Try out a musicscope at https://oscilloscope.sciencemusic.org
Learn more about waveforms at https://pudding.cool/2018/02/waveforms/

Special thanks to the Rozsa Foundation and Calgary Foundation for their support of the NMC Learning at Home series.

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0:00 Introduction
0:50 Waveforms
1:33 Ears and Soundwaves
2:44 Oscilloscope
3:58 Signal Generator
4:45 Frequency
6:18 Amplitude
6:59 Complex Waveform
7:20 Musiscope
8:57 Conclusion