Frequency and Amplitude
It can be a real brain twister trying to remember the difference between frequency and amplitude.
Here's a quick breakdown.
Frequency
Changes how frequently there are changes. Higher frequency, more wiggles. Lower frequency, less wiggles.

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Amplitude
Changes the size of the wiggles. Higher amplitude, higher wiggles. Lower amplitude, lower wiggles.

This is an interactive demo, try it out on the site to see it in action!
All of these examples are using a sin
wave. But this it true also of cos
, noise
, and other kinds of wiggling that we do with numbers!
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