The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

Using the Tool
Choose Spectral Analysis from the Tools menu to start analyzing a sample. The analysis has several
steps to it, and the Tool guides you through them.
First, you must choose a sample file to be analyzed. Click the Select button and choose the sample from
the file dialog. ‡ The name of the file that you select will be displayed immediately above the button and
you will hear the sample played back repeatedly, with a one second delay between repetitions.
In the text field below the button, you can change the number of seconds of silence between repetitions of
the playback when auditioning the analysis. Click Next to proceed to the next step of the analysis procedure.
The next step is to specify the three analysis parameters that are common to both kinds of analysis files.
The first parameter setting is used to set the lowest frequency in the analysis. Choose one of the five settings
based on the material you are analyzing. You should select the highest setting that is still below the
fundamental frequency (or the lowest frequency) in the sample. For example, if you are analyzing a sample
of singing and the pitch of the sample is middle C (4 c), then you should choose Above 3F.
The second setting concerns the tradeoff between time and frequency. Whenever a spectral analysis is
performed, when you request high frequency resolution you get poor timing resolution and vice versa.
These settings allow you to choose between favoring frequency resolution and favoring timing resolution
in order: BestFreq, BetterFreq, BetterTime, and BestTime.
The level fader is used to control the overall amplitude level of the analysis.
‡ The Spectral Analysis Tool only works with monaural sample files recorded at a sample rate of 44.1 khz.
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