A beep noise, some noise

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Do you say, a beep noise, instead of beeping noise? If so, how many beeps does a beep noise make? What kinds of noises would be considered to be called some noise, noncountable?

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onizoDo you say, a beep noise, instead of beeping noise? If so, how many beeps does a beep noise make?

First, to answer you question, we need to understand all sounds are basically noise. Sounds are frequencies. A subwoofer in a mid-range home theater system generally produces frequencies ranging from 10-20 hertz. That's the kind of sound you'd hear in Top Gun and earthquake movies. Beeping, chirping and all ear-piercing sounds are in the Kilo hertz by design so that they high-frequency pitch catch the attention of people. A good example is the building evacuation siren. Anything that make sounds annoying to human ears are considered noise, e.g. car horns, trucks driving by, machinery, baby crys etc. That beign said, music in reality is made of these sound bits arranged in an organized manner. So we have music genres ranging from rock and roll to Mozart, and all that in between. To rock and roll fans, the latter can be intolerable noise, and vise versa.

For your question, you can say, "I heard a beep, did you hear it?" and I reply "that could be your smoke alarm, it it a low-battery warning" (which has a beeping interval of 60 seconds)

If you don't replace the battery inside, it will keep beeping ( or chirping) at that interval day and night for weeks. Your neighbor will come to you about the "beeping niose". ( That will be a beep every minute all day and all night).

Does it answer your question?

Onizo · Answer

Thank you for your lenghty explanaion.

Let me ask you a few more questions as it is quite confusing as I receive different understandings.
I have consistantly absorbed similar answers from this forum, however, today I was watching a kid program and it explained a bit differently. They say beeps for a sound (or sounds) of several beeps at interval of 40seconds. And said the noise (or noises) all sorts of noises while pressing on a computer keyboard haphazardly.

So to clearify, can you give me anwers to the followings:
1. Which one do you say and how are they different: 1. did you hear a chirp 2. Did you hear a chirping?
2. The wheels of a toy car is making a sound whenever you rolls it. And you want to name the sound wooz. which one would you say: 1. the car is making a wooz. 2. The car is making a woozing. 3. The car is making a woozing noise(sound)?
3. Is saying a beep noise (this addition of the last word noise) ok but only wordy, or just wrong?
4. When you say, I hear some noise, while hearing a siren or a shouting(is this correct to add 'a' here?), or maybe even a dryer, why is it treated like noncountable, instead saying, I hear a noise?

Ok this is it only for now. Hope, haven't overwhelmed you.

Onizo · Answer

Can someone else give me answers?

A beep noise, some noise

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