Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a three-part beat using only a single raw waveform. Let’s go… Step 1: The sine wave is the raw building block of sound, of which all other ...

"My goal with Oscillate was to visualise waveform patterns that evolve from the fundamental sine wave to more complex ... and animate waveforms, and the music — also written by Sierra ...

"S-I-N-E, because it's a sound wave," she explained to Apple Music. "That sound, sine, from above is what healed me to be able to dance my way out of this album. That was later in the recording ...

And yet, even if the sine wave is a distinctly unvarnished tool for music-making, Polachek’s compositions are also stylish in their way. Minimalism is often embraced as a utilitarian salve to ...