I'm wondering if what we as musicians refer to as "response" is the delay to peak, or something quantifiable in the wave. Intriguing. dt
At 08:56 PM 8/24/2008, you wrote: >On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, David Tayler wrote: > > ... I'm getting 20 milliseconds till the peak > > amplitude, ... > >Thanks for the independent measurements which confirm the >delayed peak but measure a different delay time. > >Here is a waveform that I recorded >https://ttt.ph.utexas.edu/raw_waveform.jpg >The delay till the peak amplitude is clearly visible. > > > That's a lot > > faster than a tenth of a second, > >Yes, by a factor of five. > > > but my instruments have very thin > > soundboards. > >It would be interesting to see exactly what >accentuates the effect. Possibilities: >soundboard, playing technique, type of string, whether >other strings are damped, string tension, room acoustics, >whether the string is open or fretted, .... > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
