The Digital Oscilloscope (Boer, 1996) program allows most Macintosh computers to dynamically display the waveform of any sound recorded by a microphone. I describe how the program can be used to graphically illustrate the concept of timbre as well as to reinforce concepts of frequency, amplitude, and wavelength. I also indicate how the program can be obtained at no charge.
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