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Bell simulator

In physics class yesterday I managed to figure out that our school's PA system emits a 500Hz tone to signify the beginning and end of a class. So...

Bell simulator in Audacity!

A bit of fooling around later, I managed to figure out that the tone could be represented by a square wave. I then reduced the sampling rate to compensate for the fidelity of the system until I got a near-exact replica of what we all hear in school.

Better yet, it passed the test of getting me out of History class five minutes early. Now that's quality!

Print | posted on Saturday, 16 February, 2008 4:11 AM | Filed Under [ School ]

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# re: Bell simulator

Heh! Reminds me of one of the items touted in the "Amalgamated Student Supply Co. Mail Order Catalog" I saw in an issue of Mad magazine, ages ago:<br /><br />&lt;img src="http://www.andrew-turnbull.net/new/madcatalog.jpg" alt=" "&gt;
2/16/2008 4:22 PM | Andrew T.
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# re: Bell simulator

We are poor, we don't have bells (for announcing classes/lectures) in high schools or universities here. The "bell" is there for the look.
2/17/2008 1:09 AM | Antony Shen

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