Regarding inability of Python Module Winsound to produce beep in decimal frequency

[Roel Schroeven]

Op 15/08/2021 om 7:01 schreef Chris Angelico:
> On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 1:02 PM John O'Hagan <research at johnohagan.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2021-08-13 17:17, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > > > Is it really? In my experience, no human ear can distinguish 277Hz
> > > > from 277.1826Hz when it's played on a one-bit PC speaker, which the
> > > > Beep function will be using.
> >
> > Rounding to integer frequencies will produce disastrously out-of-tune
> > notes in a musical context! Particularly for low notes, where a whole
> > semitone is only a couple of Hz difference. Even for higher notes, when
> > they're played together any inaccuracies are much more apparent.
>
> But before you advocate that too hard, check to see the *real*
> capabilities of a one-bit PC speaker.
We're not necessarily talking about the PC speaker here: (almost) all 
computers these days have sound cards (mostly integrated on the 
motherboard) that are much more capable than those one-bit PC speakers. 
Beep uses that sound card, when available. I don't know how accurate the 
generated sound is though.

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