I agree completely. The true nature of the analogue world is that
there are very few if any abrupt transitions to any event. Nothing
naturally goes instantly from one state to another like a square wave
(I guess you would have to go sub-atomic first but even that is
theory). In fact it is very hard to make a true square wave with no
overshoot or bounce in the real world - air pressure waves can't be
made that abrupt because of the compressible nature of air for
example. One must also acknowledge that pure sine wave sound doesn't
exists in nature either - even the purest pipe tone has overtones.

On Jul 3, 2008, at 11:50 AM, laryn91 wrote:
>
> In nature, sine functions are prevalent everywhere. On the other
> hand, square waves are
> non-existent and must always be synthesized. It would very atypical
> for nature to miss
> something as mathematically elegant as sines in favor of something
> more convoluted.
>