I get constructive and deconstructive, but those are usually in the context of being the same frequency and just being out of phase. I’m talking like…you and your bud having a conversation in a restaurant, with music playing, convos around you, sound of wait staff, etc. If a waiter drops a plate, how does that sound transit through at that higher, unique frequency through all the other noise so that all can hear it?
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Well, you got it in the question.
The sound of the shattering plate has at least a part that is higher in pitch than the surrounding, so there is no perfectly opposing waveform to cancel it or noise at the same frequency to drown it out.
Now, do you hear it perfectly, as if the plate was dropped in an empty room? No. But is it enough for your brain to perceive it and identify it as a breaking plate? Yes.
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