Importance Of Understanding The Relationship Between
The Time Domain Plot And The FFT
This may all seem a bit overwhelming (ok, it is overwhelming - at least for beginners) but there is an important point to be made here and it has nothing to do with analyzing the time domain plot - it has to do with analyzing the FFT plot.
Even if you don't plan on using time domain plots, it is important to understand how the FFT is generated from them and how different wave shapes affect the FFT process and the spectrum we see.