Product Code: OPT0007
Price: 4 USD ( Order Form )
Files: 4 movies (512 X 256 pixels). Each movie is provided in AVI and Quicktime format.
Images from each of the 3 animations (reduced size)
Description: This set of 3 movies is about beats. Beats are produced by the superposition of two waves of slightly different frequency.
First movie: 2 sinusoidal moving waves of slightly different frequency (cyan and green).
Second movie: The same 2 waves from the first movie, with the resultant wave (yellow).
Third movie: The resultant wave only.
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