Tutorial: creating the sound of hydrogen

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In this tutorial I show how I synthesized the sound of hydrogen for the "Sound of Hydrogen" video using mathematica - it's a little technical, but you've been requesting it!

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[ThePeo000]

And thus Dub Step is formed

[NunSuperior]

Pull my finger to find out what methane sounds like.

[KoolChiz1]

I want to kill myself for being so stupid

[SJKirk92]

I think I heard R2D2 in there.

[ImAimingRightAtY0U]

You could become a dubstep dj:D

[1Nova779]

This is just like coding but with sound... O_O

[MrTanookiMario]

This is one of your only videos that I really enjoyed.

[LOVER0girrl247]

Being spawn of physicist makes me understand all of your videos on a fundamental level, but if i actually try to think about it my brain chooses toast. I like fusion over pancakes personally.

Also, MACS ARE FOR SCIENCE!!! :D

[munchluxe63]

@ara953493 I haven`t touched Mathematica for a while; but I THINK the crackling might have been caused by my sound hardware.

[ara953493]

@munchluxe64 I'm getting the same crackling sound. I've never worked with Mathematica before, and it tool me a while till I got it working. Once I remove the square from "n" it works (except for the crackling noise), but when I use the exact formula (with n^2) I get an error. Any suggestions that might help?! :o)

[arch18]

My, I'm with you until I get to the NIST website and try to remember my quantum physics. Then I realise it's reaaaally far behind me. Time I plunge back into my old books and get my brain back ! Thanks for all the amazing videos you make.

[GeooffGeooff]

Holy fuck colors and shit have sounds? JUST TAKE ALL MY MONEY SCIENCE MAN