It is often more useful to investigate sound in the frequency domain, rather than the time domain.
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Ladefoged (Elements) – Chapter 4 – Wave analysis
The waveform is rarely the best representation for analysis of sound, and this is an intuitive introduction to why.
Ladefoged (Elements) – Chapter 3 – Quality
A general term for aspects of sound other than loudness and pitch. Different vowels, for example, have a different quality of sound.
