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One Wave. An Octave Up?

Hear how flipping the negative half of a sine wave brings out an octave above.

What to listen for

The original sine wave is 110 Hz. Full-wave rectification flips its negative half. After the average offset is removed, the pattern repeats twice as often, with a dominant 220 Hz component. The two samples have matching steady digital RMS.

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