> Ok you dang geek - what kind of a "visual frequency analyzer" do
you have
> access to? A slow timebase, storage oscilloscope would be my first
choice
> for attempting this venture. But I'm an electronics geek, too,
even though
> I'm a musician. (:`/)
Ed:
Wavelab has something they call a 3D frequency analysis plot. For a
wave file it plots time on the X axis, frequency on Y axiz and
amplitude (the amount of stuff at a given frequency at a given point
in time) on the Z axis. So that allows you to track over time. It's
really not precise enough (you can't zoom in and out, for example). I
think it was designed for comparing one mix to another. For regular
geeky stuff like analyzing the An1X's waveforms (e.g. what edge
setting gets me closest to a triangle waveform?) I use this free
software:
http://www.sonicspot.com/wavetools/wavetools.htmlIt's stable and easy to use. And it's got the basic oscilloscope,
frequency plot, level meter etc. I hear some of the new commercial
plug-ins have all kinds of esoteric tools, but I can't bring myself
to spend money on something like this. :)
Do you use any of these kinds of tools, Ed?
Jerry