Is there any program that automatically assigns a slider to the peaks in a sample? In other words, that does an FFT analysis and then puts a slider at the frequency of each harmonic peak, so it can be edited?
I love GoldWave, but it's taking me forever to edit samples--creating a mark and then moving it to the peaks. Would be great to be able to define the decibel level at which a mark appears and then just be able to drag it. Would also let one see the exact frequency of each peak fast.
Frequency analyzer that automatically detects peaks?
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- KVRian
- 859 posts since 14 Sep, 2004
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- KVRAF
- 6937 posts since 4 Jun, 2004 from Utrecht, Holland
I looked at <this topic> and <another topic> and you seem to be struggling with this for quite some time...
So the effect you want is that louder notes get more transients, like hard-hit notes played on a piano have more transients. The opposite of a de-esser... To me it sounds like you could use an exiter or low-pass filter (you ditched that option already I understand) or multi-band enhancer (opposite of compressor) driven/controlled by an envelope follower.
The thing is, that human ears have this effect built in already to some extend. On lower volumes the perception of higher frequencies is different, we don't hear the transients that good then. So most sound designers don't bother with it. Interesting that you do!
There were some tuner VST's discussed lately that can show you what the main frequency is. I know Adobe Audition (an audio editor just like WaveLabs) can show that info on any section of a wave.
So the effect you want is that louder notes get more transients, like hard-hit notes played on a piano have more transients. The opposite of a de-esser... To me it sounds like you could use an exiter or low-pass filter (you ditched that option already I understand) or multi-band enhancer (opposite of compressor) driven/controlled by an envelope follower.
The thing is, that human ears have this effect built in already to some extend. On lower volumes the perception of higher frequencies is different, we don't hear the transients that good then. So most sound designers don't bother with it. Interesting that you do!
There were some tuner VST's discussed lately that can show you what the main frequency is. I know Adobe Audition (an audio editor just like WaveLabs) can show that info on any section of a wave.
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- KVRAF
- 6179 posts since 29 Mar, 2003 from Location: Location
I`m not sure i`m understanding what your asking about...but sound forge will detect all peaks and show you them by placing a marker at each detection.
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 859 posts since 14 Sep, 2004
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I have programs that can do the FFT analysis and show me the peaks. The additional feature I need is that the program would automatically put a slider below that each peak so I could edit the peaks fast, instead of using the mouse to drag each one down. Goldwave, for example, gives you the FFT analysis, and then lets you create markers that you can move anywhere, and use to control the amplitude of each frequency. But I'm working with a large number of piano samples, with lots of peaks, so creating the markers and moving them to each peak and dragging them up or down takes a lot of time.
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- KVRAF
- 2049 posts since 18 Sep, 2003 from Seattle USA
Are you talking about spline type EQ with control nodes or something like that...CurveEQ has that:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/441.html
You can get between 1/3 and 1/6 octave resolution depending on what freq you're eqing (correct me if I'm wrong that's just a guess!). What resolution do you need?
If the bandwidth is real narrow maybe you just want to limit the peaks? How many dB are we talking? Voxengo Polysquasher, Elephant and Kjaurhus Golden Peak Pressor can all limit getting about 4-7dB very transparantly (depending on the program).
Elephant
Polysquasher
Golden Peak Pressor
BuzMaxi (free)
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/441.html
You can get between 1/3 and 1/6 octave resolution depending on what freq you're eqing (correct me if I'm wrong that's just a guess!). What resolution do you need?
If the bandwidth is real narrow maybe you just want to limit the peaks? How many dB are we talking? Voxengo Polysquasher, Elephant and Kjaurhus Golden Peak Pressor can all limit getting about 4-7dB very transparantly (depending on the program).
Elephant
Polysquasher
Golden Peak Pressor
BuzMaxi (free)