Which app has the best looking waveforms

sleepwalker · 7th April 2005

I've been thinking about the look of waveforms in editing software lately. It think it's long overdue to have something other than amplitude over time. I don't know if that exists. Does anyone offer more information than amplitude over time?

On a similar note. Who's got the best looking waveforms. Wavelab uses some sort of weird gradient, I don't think it looks good. Sonic has a little outline around their waveforms. Anyone have a particular love for a waveform view?

SoSueMe · 7th April 2005

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Originally Posted by sleepwalker

I've been thinking about the look of waveforms in editing software lately. It think it's long overdue to have something other than amplitude over time. I don't know if that exists. Does anyone offer more information than amplitude over time?

On a similar note. Who's got the best looking waveforms. Wavelab uses some sort of weird gradient, I don't think it looks good. Sonic has a little outline around their waveforms. Anyone have a particular love for a waveform view?

The only thing I can think of that's "different" than the norm is the Comparisonics waveforms (non-default) in Samplitude/Sequoia, where the colors of the waveforms change dependant on frequency content.

http://www.comparisonics.com/overview.html

http://www.comparisonics.com/gallery.html

sleepwalker · 7th April 2005

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Originally Posted by SoSueMe

The only thing I can think of that's "different" than the norm is the Comparisonics waveforms (non-default) in Samplitude/Sequoia, where the colors of the waveforms change dependant on frequency content.

http://www.comparisonics.com/overview.html

http://www.comparisonics.com/gallery.html

Thanks for the response. That's EXACTLY what I was looking for.
Dan

theblue1 · 8th April 2005

Maybe we'll get to a point where the default display can be a 'topograhical spectral analysis' graph... that could be handy. OTOH, if you look closely at waveforms, a learned eye can usually get a pretty good idea of what's going on, freq-wise.

the1Hub · 8th April 2005

there is a great plugin for pyramix called Nova wich is incredible. the things you can do with it i thought was science fiction untill i saw it work.

http://www.merging.com/2002/News_Folder/pr_Nova.htm

Zarathustra · 8th April 2005

Spectra Foo.... It's like, through the looking glass man..

http://www.mhlabs.com/metric_halo/products/foo/

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sleepwalker Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,234 Thread Starter	Which app has the best looking waveforms I've been thinking about the look of waveforms in editing software lately. It think it's long overdue to have something other than amplitude over time. I don't know if that exists. Does anyone offer more information than amplitude over time? On a similar note. Who's got the best looking waveforms. Wavelab uses some sort of weird gradient, I don't think it looks good. Sonic has a little outline around their waveforms. Anyone have a particular love for a waveform view?

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theblue1 Gear Guru Joined: Mar 2005 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 15,095	Maybe we'll get to a point where the default display can be a 'topograhical spectral analysis' graph... that could be handy. OTOH, if you look closely at waveforms, a learned eye can usually get a pretty good idea of what's going on, freq-wise.

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