[sdiy] Request brain dump on balanced lines -- harmonic numbering

[Tom May]

Actually the ripple amplitude stays the same as harmonics are added,
but the really high ripples become confined to an area closer and
closer to the edge.  This is known as the Gibbs phenomenon.

Tom.

"John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net> writes:

> It takes only a few harmonics to reveal the shape. By the 5th harmonic the
> wave is well on its way to being square. Each additional harmonic
> contributes to steeper sides and lower ripple amplitude with more ripple
> cycles.
> 
> 
> Take care,
> John
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
> To: "John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net>;
> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Request brain dump on balanced lines -- harmonic
> numbering
> 
> 
> > Thanks all.  I get it, easy way to remember is that the harmonic number is
> > the same as the frequency multiplier, always an integer.  BTW, I wrote a
> VB
> > program that takes amplitude and phase data as inputs from sliders, then
> > displays the resulting waveform.  Interesting to play with.  I was just
> never
> > sure about how you number them.