Jun 04, 2002 07:24 am www.stud.fh-hannover.de/~heineman/freeware.htm I dunno if it is stand-alone or plugin, but they have an analyzer...
Spectral analyzer
Posted on Jun 04, 2002 07:20 am
Mirza
Member Since: Apr 08, 2002
Hi guys,
does anyone know of a freeware spectral analyzer? I don't need a plug-in, but a stand-alone program. Thanks!
Mirza
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Jun 04, 2002 07:24 am www.stud.fh-hannover.de/~heineman/freeware.htm I dunno if it is stand-alone or plugin, but they have an analyzer...
Jun 05, 2002 06:44 pm Okay, stupid question guys. What's the purpose of a spectral analyzer? I know I have one with my cool edit pro, but what does it do exactly and when or why should I use it?
hey I am a janitor after all.
Jun 05, 2002 10:06 pm To me all it is good for is making pretty lights move to the music...I don't know what actual good it ever does?!?!
Jun 05, 2002 10:13 pm It let's you know exactly where in the band's of an EQ you are high or boosting, and where it is low or cut. An actual anylizer will use certain noise signal's and pick them up with a mic or two and make it easier to ring out a room more accurately then by ear.
Jun 05, 2002 10:16 pm Ya, I guess it would help in ringing out a room for a gig, but my ear has always worked pretty well for that ;-)
Jun 05, 2002 10:39 pm I have used it a couple of times to quel arguments between instruments. Everything is sounding great individualy and there's this unexplainable spot of mud. I supose that in the future when I am able to corilate frequency to the tones I hear I will no longer need it.
Jun 05, 2002 10:48 pm Yes indeed, most of us use our ear's. But there is alway's the visual asist if needed. Even winAmp and the like make good use of them. The bouncing line's you see are actually referanced to the sound spectrum, the left being the low end and the right being the highend. so next time you get a chance to play a track of straight audio and watch those little graph line's go up and down. Then go and squish it or download it as an MP3 and notice the left and right side's don't climb nearly as high as the CD or .WAV file did.
They do serve the purpose of comparing signal's also. I use it alot for that when I am creating sample's. It is very usefull when you are creating that un-audible thump to use in a bass line, and you can't quite hear it but you sure can see it.
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