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Supernova Sonata from Alex Parker on Vimeo. Observations: The Real Explosions in the Sky: Supernovae Translated into Music [Video]: “What does a supernova sound like? Hopefully we will never find out directly—getting within earshot of an exploding star is probably a bad idea. “ Incredible! Head over to the link above and see how they [...]

I’ve finished grading listening to your awesome song remixes from our Sound Unit. I have to say, I’m blown away by some of these… amazing work! Here are a few fun highlights: – Eleanor has MG play Diary old-school manual style. – Jesseca brutalizes Meet The Elements and turns it into a dark goth-punk anthem [...]

This week we’ll be completing our studies of sound waves. To wrap up, we’ll be working on a fun activity… 1) Think of your favorite song. 2) Find 5 points of frequencies from the song. 3) Find 5 wavelengths from your song. 4) Remix a segment of your song to change 5 points of frequencies [...]

Today we continued our studies of waves by continuing to dig deeper into the world of mechanical waves… most notably sound. To really understand sound, we have to understand the human experience of interacting with sound. So, we start with the ear. Tomorrow we’ll finish our labeling and do some fun and quick labs: Sound [...]

Our Test on Sound is Friday. Here’s our study guide. Enjoy and let me know if you have questions! Sound Test Study Guide ;

We’ll be continuing our studies of sound tomorrow, focusing on the components of a sound wave. Additionally, we’ll be starting work on our own sound creations (or songs) in class. If you’d like to get a head start, here are a couple of good online song editors (free): – Myna from Aviary (My favorite) – [...]

Like anything, sound can be used as a weapon. This is especially true because sound is a disturbance of energy. In some cases, that energy can be at such high levels that it causes pain to humans. In this case, the US Military has been experimenting with using the LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Device) as [...]

Few interesting videos we discussed in 8.2 this morning…

You have a quiz on 16.1 and 16.2 tomorrow. Study!

Awesome: (Turn Your Speakers DOWN!)