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authormick grierson <mickgrierson@gmail.com>2015-08-27 13:33:41 +0100
committermick grierson <mickgrierson@gmail.com>2015-08-27 13:33:41 +0100
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redoing tutorials a bit
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diff --git a/maximilian_examples/4.AM2.cpp b/maximilian_examples/4.AM2.cpp
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@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
#include "maximilian.h"
-//This shows how to use maximilian to do basic amplitude modulation
+//This shows how to use maximilian to do basic amplitude modulation.
+//It also shows what happens when you modulate waves with waves that have frequencies over 20 hz.
+//You start to get interesting effects.
maxiOsc mySine,myOtherSine,myPhasor;//Three oscillators. They can be called anything. They can be any of the available waveforms.
void setup() {//some inits
- //nothing to go here this time
+ //nothing to go here this time
}
void play(double *output) {
-
- *output=mySine.sinewave(440)*myOtherSine.sinewave(myPhasor.phasor(0.1,0,440));
-
+
+ //Using the phasor we can create a ramp, and use this ramp to set the frequency of one of the waves.
+ //When the frequency of the lower waveform passes over the threshold of 20hz, we start to hear two new waveforms.
+ //The frequency of the first new wave is the sum of the two original waves.
+ //The frequency of the second new wave is the difference of the two original waves.
+ //So you hear two new waves, one going up, one going down.
+
+ output[0]=mySine.sinewave(440)*myOtherSine.sinewave(myPhasor.phasor(0.01,0,440));
+
}