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How Is But Why Made? What Is Sound?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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How Do You Know if You Can't See a Sound Wave?

When you plug a microphone in, it sends those sound waves through a wire that will then be interpreted by the computer and actually draw a picture of what's recording or what you're hearing. So would your voice look different from my voice? Yes. Because a lower voice or a higher voice, the more a sound vibrates. But something very high pitched, if you think of like, you know, the thin string on a guitar, that vibrates faster than the big.

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