Resonata To-Do List:
- Programming:
- Presets to demonstrate particular points, with links in the text
- Other wave forms - impulse, square wave, triangle wave, white noise
- Text boxes for input
- Produce waves with mouse interaction, rather than (or as an alternative to) the current pulling/twanging motion
- Show driving force graphically
- Graphs of the history of particular points
- Damping
- Options for colour use - could show displacement, velocity, etc.
- Open controls and main display in separate windows
- Multiple drivers
- Make sounds - these could be from the fundamental frequency of the chain; the frequency of the driver; the waveform at a point in time; and/or the waveform traced by a point in the chain over time
- Flash version
- 3D version (which is a whole separate project, really)
- Writing:
- More on the mathematics - discuss damping, include some equations, etc.
Examples of resonance and standing waves in:
Physics - acoustics, QM, EM, etc.Engineering - applications and dangersMusic - harmony, instrument design, audio softwareLinguistics - articulatory phoneticsDifferent types of resonance- Integration:
- Illustrate points with presets
- Give users some choice about what to read, eg. less on maths, more on physics, more on music, etc. - this should make it easier to use for a range of ages and levels of knowledge.
- Current plan with this is to have a 'show/hide equations' button, and collapsible headings.
- Add Help functions to the program, so that people can read about what the settings do as and when they want to, rather than just having a big list.33333ss
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