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		zengid on Sept 19, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ultrafast single TCP packet audio/visual experienc... Pro-tip: If you are doing additive synthesis and want to stack sine-waves in a harmonic series, please scale each successive n harmonic to an amplitude of 1/n. It creates a much more tolerable experience.

gfody on Sept 19, 2017 | [–]

also maybe the title could have [LOUD!!!] or something like that. I didn't realize my system could make a noise that loud with vol at 50%.

dhritzkiv on Sept 19, 2017 | | [–]

I set my system's volume to the lowest possible value before mute (1/64) and it was still extremely loud and unpleasant. I'm actually impressed.

mortenjorck on Sept 19, 2017 | [–]

Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher–Munson_curves

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