Extraneous noises that appeared in the middle of syllables were removed without affecting the vocal sound quality. It was easy to scroll through a vocal track and deal with sibilants and other flaws.Ī vocal recorded in a closet had excessive low frequency rumble, so unlike using a high-pass filter, you can attenuate specific amounts at different frequencies of only the offensive moments. There are 25 real-time editing tools to attenuate or amplify certain frequencies as directly viewed on the display. You may separate into layers these audio components and then cut/copy/paste them into containers or into other layers. Deconstructing sound by copying portions of the audio to editable layers has completely blown open creative sound design. With SpectraLayers Pro 6 you may edit and modify recorded audio by viewing the time, amplitude, and frequency components of sound-a three-dimensional view of sound for editing that was heretofore impossible. It also operates as a standalone application and integrates very tightly into existing Cubase, Nuendo, HALion or WaveLab workflows. Notice the Play button (or Space) now plays the current selection.Steinberg’s SpectraLayers Pro 6 runs as a VST3 or AAX plug-in in both MACs and PCs and any DAW that supports ARA 2 (Audio Random Access). It means they have been added to the selection. With the Add to Selection button in the Tool Settings toolbar selected (or by holding down the Shift key), click a few frequencies on top of each others, and see how they are also highlighted. Let’s select some frequencies so we can cut them and paste them to a new layer.Ĭlick the Frequency Selection tool in the Tools toolbar. You can choose a different resolution by dragging the slider or typingĪfter increasing the frequency resolution, you can see that the frequency lines are thinner.Įxperiment with different FFT sizes to find the setting that allows you to see each line clearly. The FFT Size parameter in the Display Panel (top right) allows you to refine the spectral display. When you zoom in horizontally or vertically, you may notice that the frequencies will appear blurry: Drag with the Hand tool to move the spectrogram within the spectral display. You can navigate the spectral display using the Hand tool next to the Zoom tool. Use the Zoom tool at the bottom of the tools bar on the left to change the magnification of the spectral display. Zoom the spectral display to find the parts of a spectrogram that you want to edit. Several of these lines on top of each other represent harmonics, and they create the audio signature of each voice and instrument. If your file contains vocals or musical instruments, you’ll see horizontal lines that The first step in most editing is selecting data in the spectrogram. Now play your audio file, and notice how the sound is different - you’ve done your first spectral editing! Select the Eraser tool and click and drag in the bottom of the spectral display to erase data in the lower frequencies of your audio file. The Modification tools act directly on the layer you When a layer is selected, the tools in the Tools toolbar are available. A selected layer is highlighted in the Layers Before performing any edits, you need to select a layer.Ĭlick the layer in the Layers panel to select it if it isn’t already selected.You can play your audio file by clicking the Play button at the bottom or pressing Space. Spots, the higher the pitch of sounds in your audio file. The spots you can see correspond to a mix of the various frequencies and noise that compose your audio file. In the spectral display, the horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency. In the center of the screen is the spectral display. The tools are now available on the left side of the workspace. It will become the first layer of your project.Īfter you open the file, you’ll see it displayed and highlighted in the Layers panel in the bottom-right corner of the workspace. We’ll create a project by opening an existing audio file.Ĭlick File › Open to open an audio file. When you first start SpectraLayers Pro, the tools are unavailable until you open a file or create a project.
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