Noise in background when generating sine wave in Java

Question

I\'m getting a slight distortion (sounds like buzzing) in the background when I run the following code. Because of its subtle nature it makes believe there is some sort of a

Answer 1

I assume you are calling this code repeatedly to play a long sound.

Is there a chance that the wave you are generating is not getting to complete a full period before it is written?

If the wave gets "cut-off" before it completes a full period and then the next wave is written to the output, you will certainly hear something strange and I assume that may be what is causing the buzzing.

For example:

        /-------\              /-------\              /-------\
  -----/         \       -----/         \       -----/         \
                  \                      \                      \
                   \-----                 \-----                 \-----

Notice the disconnect between parts of this wave. That might be causing the buzzing.