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<H1><A ID="SECTION00530000000000000000">
Controlling Amplitude</A>
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Perhaps the most frequently used operation on electronic sounds is to change
their amplitudes. For example, a simple strategy for synthesizing sounds is by
combining sinusoids, which can be generated by evaluating the formula on Page
<A HREF="node7.html#eq-realsinusoid"><IMG ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="1" ALT="[*]"
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nominal amplitude <IMG
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<CAPTION ALIGN="BOTTOM"><STRONG>Figure 1.4:</STRONG>
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The relationship between "MIDI" pitch and frequency in cycles per
second (Hertz). The span of 24 MIDI values on the horizontal axis represents
two octaves, over which the frequency increases by a factor of four.</CAPTION>
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In general, to multiply the amplitude of a signal <IMG
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In the more general case where both <IMG
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negative and positive values and/or to change quickly, the effect of multiplying
them can't be described as simply changing the amplitude of one of them; this is
considered later in Chapter <A HREF="node75.html#chapter-modulation">5</A>.
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