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SIGNAL PROCESSING
IN AUDIO EDITORS
Most audio editors allow for digital signal processing as well as
editing of audio material. In Amadeus, for example, there is a
dedicated menu entitled Effects for this task.
In all cases, processing is accomplished by selecting material
in an open audio file by highlighting it, and then choosing an
available process from the menus.
The process will only be applied to the selected material. If nothing is
selected, the process will be applied to the entire audio file.
Because of the nature of audio editors, the process is nondestructive until you save your work. In other words, if you
process a file, listen to it immediately and dislike the result, you can
undo the process by selecting Undo (Command Z) from the Edit
menu in Amadeus.
PROCESSING IN AMADEUS
Once you have a soundfile open, you can begin to process it. In
Amadeus, some processes allow you to work on the whole file
without making a selection; others require you to make an actual
selection. In order to avoid any confusion, if you do want to process
an entire soundfile, it is a good habit to select it by pressing
command-A for select all.
Some processes require no user input beyond the selection of
the process itself. For example, reversal will reverse the order of all
the samples in the file; therefore, Amadeus simply does this after
you select it from the Effects menu.
TASK: REVERSAL
In Amadeus, the reversal process is accomplished via the
Effects menu, Reverse.
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Move the Gain slider to -22 dB, and sweep the cut-off
frequency while previewing the result.
Low Pass
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GENERATING A SONOGRAM
In Amadeus, this is done via the Analyze menu, shown below:
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