Music on the XO

[Albert Cahalan]

Mitch Bradley writes:

> The speakers start rolling off at about 600 Hz and are
> virtually worthless below 400 Hz.

Music activities should thus default to a bassoon.

The odd thing about a bassoon is that the fundamental
frequency is nearly absent. The ear-brain system fills
in this frequency, making the bassoon sound very low
pitched without actually containing much of the very low
frequencies.

At the other extreme, a sine wave is worst case.
Recorders produce this, and flutes nearly do.