I'm attempting to set up MAnalyzer to match the smoothing of another plugin that also has a spectral display, but MAnalyzer's smoothing parameter is expressed as a percentage while the other plugin's smoothing parameter is expressed in octaves.
What would I set MAnalyzer's smoothness control to for the equivalent of 1-octave smoothing? Just eyeballing it, it looks to be about 10%, but I'd like to be more precise.
Convert smoothing percentage to octaves?
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MeldaProduction MeldaProduction https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=176122 - KVRAF
- 14325 posts since 15 Mar, 2008 from Czech republic
Hmmm, to be honest, no idea 
. Also the smoothing we are using is NOT linear, it's a gaussian smoothing (good for energy approximation) so it doesn't have a specific "end of interval".
. Also the smoothing we are using is NOT linear, it's a gaussian smoothing (good for energy approximation) so it doesn't have a specific "end of interval".-
- KVRAF
- 10367 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
... curious.
Does the user guide for the other plug-in say anything about how smoothing is calculated / done? Does it indicate what 1-octave (or, say 1 semitone) smoothing means?
Does the user guide for the other plug-in say anything about how smoothing is calculated / done? Does it indicate what 1-octave (or, say 1 semitone) smoothing means?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 659 posts since 25 Sep, 2010
OK, I'll buy that. It's just a visual effect for the user's convenience, anyway. It's not like your mix EQ is going to get whacked by using 5% smoothing versus 3.4%.
The other plugin is Voxengo SPAN, which offers smoothing settings in octaves and fractions of octaves. I'm writing an article on interpreting spectral displays, and wanted to suggest MAnalyzer as an alternative to SPAN, and illustrate how to set both up for comparable results.
The other plugin is Voxengo SPAN, which offers smoothing settings in octaves and fractions of octaves. I'm writing an article on interpreting spectral displays, and wanted to suggest MAnalyzer as an alternative to SPAN, and illustrate how to set both up for comparable results.