• Black Beats physics hoodie, pixel-art acoustic beats from two close tones design, worn by a model, front close-up
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Beats HoodieTWO CLOSE NOTES PULSE | Pixelated PhysicsHoodie

Beats Hoodie – TWO CLOSE NOTES PULSE | Pixelated Physics

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Why do two nearly matched notes throb? Add two tones of frequencies f₁ and f₂ and you get one tone at their average pitch, wrapped in a slowly swelling envelope. The loudness peaks once every 1/Δf seconds, where Δf is the difference, so 440 Hz and 442 Hz beat twice a second. Musicians tune until the beats stop. Black pixel-art hoodie; equation, symbols and sources in the physics panel below.

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Size guideS–5XL · inches

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Size & fitS–5XL

Unisex Heavy Blend hoodie (Gildan 18500), classic fit.

SizeWidthLengthSleeve
S202733.5
M222834.5
L242935.5
XL263036.5
2XL283137.5
3XL303238.5
4XL323339.5
5XL343440.5

Measurements in inches. Width and length ±1 in, sleeve (from center back) ±0.75 in.

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Returns & replacements21 days

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The physics

Two pure tones close in frequency do not sound like two steady notes. They pulse.

The sum identity is exact: cos(2πf₁t)+cos(2πf₂t) = 2 cos(πΔf t) cos(2πf̄ t), with Δf = |f₁−f₂| and f̄ = (f₁+f₂)/2.

The slow factor cos(πΔf t) is the envelope; its zeros arrive every 1/Δf seconds. That spacing is the beat period. The envelope itself oscillates at Δf/2.

On the hoodie the filled cyan wave is the carrier under the beat envelope; amber beads mark the envelope zeros.

Beats are the ear’s ruler for small frequency differences — tune two strings until the pulses stop.

Equations

\[x = \cos(2\pi f_1 t)+\cos(2\pi f_2 t) = 2\cos(\pi\Delta f\, t)\cos(2\pi\bar f\, t)\]
\[\Delta f = |f_1-f_2|,\quad \bar f=(f_1+f_2)/2\]
SymbolMeaningUnit
\(x\) summed pressure / displacement signal —
\(f_1, f_2\) frequencies of the two tones \(\mathrm{Hz}\)
\(\Delta f =\) f_1-f_2 —
\(\bar f\) average (carrier) frequency \(\mathrm{Hz}\)
\(t\) time \(\mathrm{s}\)

Sources

  1. Halliday, Resnick & Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, Ch. on sound / beats
  2. French, A. P., Vibrations and Waves (MIT Introductory Physics), Ch. on superposition
  3. Wikipedia, Beat (acoustics)
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