https://xkcd.com/2788

“In the Hall of the Mountain King was accidentally composed on log/log paper.”

  • theorem
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    1 year ago

    On a normal scale, the ticks go 1…2…3…4…

    on a log scale, ticks go 1…10…100…1000…

    Sound and frequency, weirdly, is always in a log scale, you just dont notice it

    Time however, usually shouldnt be 😂

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        1 year ago

        If it helps, going up an octave doubles the frequency. So we perceive the difference between 100hz and 200hz to be the same as the difference between 300hz and 600hz.