That spectrogramme view really is phenomenal, so effortlessly fast even while being kind of 3d.
I was talking about this the other day with someone, why don't DAWs push the spectrogramme view more forcefully, instead of the default wave view? There's so much more information to be gleaned in spectrogramme view than the waveform view.
I'm trying to learn to sing these days, and I'd been wondering if this was a good way to practice a song: look at a vocal stem of the song I'm trying to sing, and observe visual feedback of the spectrogramme.
While a spectrogram shows a lot of useful information, it also kind of doesn't. Your ears tell you much of the same thing except with better subjectivity, especially as your ears improve. You can tell (with practice) if a bass guitar is too bassy, or has too much "twang" or sounds harsh and throaty. But if a spectrogram of a bass guitar shows higher than usual frequency content in the 800-1200hz range, is the bass tone too twangy for the song, or is it just right?
The waveform view on the other hand will always remain useful no matter how good your ears get. If you're comping together multiple takes of the same section, or shifting tracks to adjust for phase-alignment in a multi-microphone setup. Doing this by looking directly at the samples is way less tedious than doing it by ear.
Also, though it's probably not an issue today, I would guess CPU concerns are another reason why a spectrogram isn't displayed by default on all tracks.
Audacity isn't really a DAW but you can indeed switch the track displays to show a spectrogram, though it takes a while to compute. You can get spectrogram plugins for DAW's also that will display a real time spectrogram. Mastering software often includes a spectrogram tool.
Definitely click on the second to last icon on the bottom of the SPECTROGRAM page to see the spectrogram applied to an old POTS modem dialing out to another modem. Notice in particular that the DTMF touch tones are indeed composed of two tones.
Levi Niha is really underrated. He makes music out of everything, takes on the weirdest challenges with a healthy dose of optimism, and manages to teach some stuff along the way without really trying.
I don't watch his videos that often but he's definitely amongst the people making youtube as a platform worthwhile.
Disappointing that they stuck to standard equal temperament for everything but the harmonics and string-proporations stuff. There's no reason Kandinksy should be limited to the tempered pitches.
Wow. I've never actually used a live spectrogram, and it's really educational.
Use the mic input option and try saying different vowels, or different held consonants like "mmmm" vs "nnnn". It's really interesting to see how the patterns of overtones change, which is what makes the sounds unique.
there are several spectrogram apps for your phone. It is really fun to have them "on" all the time and see what can be heard around. My favourite patterns are those of an old, rusty door, scratching the floor as it opens.
The "Song maker" tool is actually what inspired me to start creating music; I just randomly dragged my mouse around and found that I'd made something that sounded really cool. I've been playing around in LMMS[1] for some time now and hope to independently release some music at some point!
As a piano teacher I've been teaching online since March and the Shared Piano part of the Chrome Music Lab has been really useful for demonstrating various concepts!
i'm curious what the intended purpose of these are -- very cool projects but doesn't necessarily showcase chrome (they work fine in firefox?). though maybe that's the point -- here are some awesome projects that showcase the state of the art in web in general.
I was talking about this the other day with someone, why don't DAWs push the spectrogramme view more forcefully, instead of the default wave view? There's so much more information to be gleaned in spectrogramme view than the waveform view.
I'm trying to learn to sing these days, and I'd been wondering if this was a good way to practice a song: look at a vocal stem of the song I'm trying to sing, and observe visual feedback of the spectrogramme.