On 10 January 2013 16:55, Mayes, Kerry <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm looking for some software that will display up to four sine waves
> added together.  My trouble is I don't really know what search terms to use!
>
> What I am trying to demonstrate is the difference between
> equal temperament and just intonation - two ways of tuning in music.  For
> example, the note A is generally 440Hz, 880Hz, ...  A just tuned 3rd (Db)
> is 550Hz whereas the equal tempered 3rd is 554.37Hz (440 * 2^(4/12)).
>
> So adding the just intonation sinewaves should give a regular looking
> pattern whereas the equal tempered will be a bit "messy".
>
> If anyone knows of anything like this, I'd be keen to hear.
>

Assuming you are talking about representing the maths graphically rather
than displaying an electrical waveform?

Then it's:

 http://www.gnuplot.info/

otherwise it's

http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/



-- 
Sincerely,
Christopher Sawtell
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