CS 472: Module 1: Python Basics Part 0

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Please watch the brief video demo below on longitudinal waves to understand how audio pulses move through the air to our microphones

Also, feel free to play around with the Audio Reverse Demo. Here's a brief video explaining it below:

Notes

  • Audio is commonly sampled at 44100 hz, or samples per second. In other words, the computer (via an "analog to digital converter") measures the position of the microphone fiber 44100 times per second, and this gets stored as a 1D array in the computer.