Klarinet Archive - Posting 000308.txt from 1997/03

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Hard/Close (was Re: Breathing on the clarinet)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:56:46 -0500

JE Kirkwood wrote:
> What's 'white noise'?

Without getting into the true meaning of the word (since I
think the noise may actually be a shade of pink - really *):

It's the air noise made by the clarinet if you blow in it
but make no or little tone.

(*) Since we're blowing air into an acoustically tuned system,
it won't have the randomness required of white noise (equal amplitude);
it'll be a shaped noise. It won't be pink (equal power), either. What
is the term for shaped noise? I don't remember it offhand.)
--
Mark Charette Webmaster, http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/ - the
MIKA Systems, Inc Clarinet Info Pages . For Klarinet help, send
charette@-----.com