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Re:Every Noise at Once by cronix on Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:00PM (#20588317)
I was expecting to just hear white noise. Isn't that what all frequencies is added together, like the color white is all colors added together?
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Re:Every Noise at Once by robmiller on Thursday August 01, 2019 @05:37PM (#20588619)
White noise is equal energy across all frequencies linearly. Sounds hissy because there are more frequencies included within each musical octave as you go higher.

A more even-sounding spectrum is pink noise which is equal energy per base 2 logarithmic bandwidth. Sounds like a waterfall.

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Re:Every Noise at Once by Schwolop on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:17AM (#20590962)
You should look up 'black noise' on the chart. It's music generated using MIDI so that the printed score maximises the quantity of black ink used. The "music" aspect is like listening for the whitespace in a sea of sound.

http://everynoise.com/engenremap-blacknoise.html

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