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Amplitude Modulation
"Modulation" means that some aspect of one signal (the carrier) varies
acoustic modulation. When the frequency is low, below 20 Hertz, you get
tremolo; when the frequency of the modulator rises into the audible range (i.e.
These new frequencies are added to the spectrum of the carrier (typically on
for every sinusoidal component in the carrier and the modulator. The
hear the program wave shape. For example, using a 2 Hz sine wave to
modulate a constant carrier signal, one will hear a steady rise and fall in the
square wave as the program signal, the carrier will be instantaneously loud
and soft, with no audible rise or decay time in the amplitude. Amplitude
pleasing tremolo.
Amplitude modulation is not limited to the production of various rates of
tremolo. As the frequency of the program signal approaches the audible range,
it is more and more difficult for the human ear to detect each individual
amplitude fluctuation in the carrier, and "sidebands" are produced. In
amplitude modulation, if the program signal is approaching the audio range, at
least three signals are produced. The most evident signal is the actual
modulated carrier. In addition to this carrier, toe modulation process produces
two entirely new frequencies known as "sideband" frequencies. One of those
frequencies is the sum, in Hertz, of the carrier and the program frequencies; it
is called the "upper sideband". The second new signal is
the difference between the program and the carrier, or the "lower sideband".
These sidebands are softer than the carrier signal and tend to sound like no
harmonic overtones and subzones; therefore, they are useful in tumbrel
constructions. When a program signal consists of more than one frequency (i.e.
a complex tone), two sidebands are produced for every frequency contained in
the program. Such a complex program may be the result of very high harmonic
content or a result of the mixing of two or more signals. In either case, the
number of sidebands produced by the process of amplitude modulation is in
direct proportion to the complexity of the program signal. The frequencies of
the sidebands are always equal to the sums and differences of the carrier and
program components.
As an example of amplitude modulation and sideband production,
sine wave (the program). The result would be the original 1,000 Hz
signal plus signals at 1,100 Hz and 900 Hz. If the program consisted
of 1,000 Hz, 1,100 Hz, 1,300 Hz, 900 Hz, and 700 Hz.
A good example of composing with amplitude modulation