step=wave_table_len/10
:
consider the for loop:
for (size_t n = 0; n < buff.size(); n++){
buff[n] = wave_table(index += step);
}
now, we see that we hit the wave_table_len
th item in wave_table
when n==10
; now remember that this wave table lookups happens modulo wavetable_len
, ie. wave_table(n * wave_table_len)==wave_table(0)
for n
being any integer.
This means that our generated signal is 10 sample periodic!
We thus learn that f_sine = f_sample/wave_table_len * step
.
Thus, step
is the relative frequency of the generated sine. Yay!