Sound Wave Interference Applet

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written by Paul Falstad

This applet is a visual simulation of sound interference between two speakers. The applet can also be used to generate interference with sound from stereo speakers. The controls allow speaker separation, playing frequency, phase difference and scale and balance to be adjusted. Source code and directions in English and German are also included.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 5.0 of Microsoft Internet Explorer.

http://www.falstad.com/interference/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Acoustics - Wave Motion = Interference and Diffraction of Sound = Reflection and Refraction (Sound) = Wave Properties of Sound	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Has a copyright or other licensing restriction.
Keywords:: interference, sound waves
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created June 17, 2004 by Melanie Carter
Record Updated:: July 8, 2013 by Bruce Mason
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