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How do computers store sound waves just by sampling the amplitude of a wave and not the frequency?

All of this just doesn’t make sense though. I mean, doesn’t the amplitude represent the loudness and the frequency the pitch? Aren’t they completely independent from each other? Is the book just ...
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Does phase of a signal (very low frequency, 0-100Hz) change due to pink noise?

One might experience pink noise when dealing with low frequency signals (0-100Hz). Curious to know whether pink noise has an effect on phase of the signal specially in lowest frequencies 0-10Hz.
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Sound an amplifier makes when you plug / unplug a cable [closed]

When you plug, unplug or even touch a jack cable of an aplifying system with speakers, one can hear a low-pitch sound that is of roughly always the same frequency, which does not seem to depend on the ...
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