What is a Sawtooth Wave?
A sine wave, in its simplest form, is one which has a fixed frequency and wavelength and is very reminiscent of the pictures most people have seen of waves with no sharp angles. However, a sawtooth wave is a different type altogether. Instead of having those gently sloping peaks and valleys, the ramps drop or begin sharply, becoming similar to the teeth of a saw. Most conventional sawtooth waves begin by building pressure upward gradually in a straight line, then have a sharp drop off in another straight line. The process then repeats itself. However, a sawtooth wave can also act in reverse, slowly going down before a sharp up slope. This is known as a reverse sawtooth wave or can also be called an inverse sawtooth wave. Either way, these types of sine waves still look like a saw. It is simply the common form looks like a saw with the teeth being held upward. Like all sine waves, the sawtooth wave is capable of producing sound. However, as one might suspect, because the sawtooth wave l
