On 2/11/13 6:48 PM, unruh wrote:
["Followup-To:" header set to comp.protocols.time.ntp.]
why do that?
hey guys, fix the Newsgroup: header here.
On 2/11/13 6:48 PM, unruh wrote:
> ...
> Yes. However what you can do is to filter out the all but the strongest
> harmonic, and count which harmonic number it is.
how do you know what the harmonic number is? how would that information
be determined in the general case.
> Then you know how many
> zero crossings it has in an period of the fundamental and can count
> them.
> Of course with the piano, since they are not harmonically related this
> will give a small error. However the lowest ones are not too far out,
> (and besides the ear the actually uses all of the harmonics to decide on
> the pitch it will present to you).
well, the frequencies of the higher harmonics are a little sharp. i
think that affects the perceived timbre of the sound but not so much the
pitch.
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