Sound is a 'wave' and so in a vacuum without any matter there is no medium for it to propagate along, however the energy of the wave would still exist, just unable to be kinetic and would rest at potential.
Light is also a 'wave', and only becomes a particle upon the collapse of the quantum wave. Hence the particle-wave duality of quantum physics.
What you're reaching towards is that the overarching idea of the 'wave' preceding either concept of light or sound. A 'wave' is the fundamental idea of 'vibration' I think most people refer to.
The thing is that it's not a 'before or after' kind of deal, these things arise simultaneously, not in sequence.
I essentially conceive as all waves being the same phenomenon in different frequency patterns.
However, there's a different between the speed of propagation, that is, something travelling through space, and the raw vibratory speed of energy. Light operates at a higher frequency range than sound, but truth is, I think there is a point where light becomes sound and sound becomes light. I don't think they are different things, just expressions of waves on different frequency levels.
Course, this is all in my layman's understanding, I'm sure there's more nuance to it all.
Light is also a 'wave', and only becomes a particle upon the collapse of the quantum wave. Hence the particle-wave duality of quantum physics.
What you're reaching towards is that the overarching idea of the 'wave' preceding either concept of light or sound. A 'wave' is the fundamental idea of 'vibration' I think most people refer to.
The thing is that it's not a 'before or after' kind of deal, these things arise simultaneously, not in sequence.
I essentially conceive as all waves being the same phenomenon in different frequency patterns.
However, there's a different between the speed of propagation, that is, something travelling through space, and the raw vibratory speed of energy. Light operates at a higher frequency range than sound, but truth is, I think there is a point where light becomes sound and sound becomes light. I don't think they are different things, just expressions of waves on different frequency levels.
Course, this is all in my layman's understanding, I'm sure there's more nuance to it all.