Calculus

[Andy Main]

> > >Someone convince me it's important for DIY work. I'm getting sick
of
> > >classes =).
> >
> > Can you say "FFT" ?
>
> Do you know DFT and the derivations of FFT from them in your sleep?
>
> Do you know LaPlace and z-transforms?
>
> While these are complex cases of complex math, this alone (complex
math that
> is) is really usefull in many DIY cases. Filters, ring modulators,
VCOs,
> pitch shifters etc would not work without it. Easy handling of complex
math
> will make these things pretty simple to calculate and dimension. You
should
> see the torture that awaits you ;)
>
> Further, do you really understand how they work, what they are good
for and
> what they will not tell you and why this is?
>


All useful, but do you actually analyse everything this way, or is it
not better to be better at analogue design and look at what each part of
the circuit does without going into the maths?

Read a good book (not nessesarily the bible)

Andy

NB - I'm a student and I study all this - its biggest importance I've
found is in dsp.