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> 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.html

It'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