Waveform Editor
Overview
Adjusts the waveform for the selected instrument. The waveform may be either drawn by hand or adjusted by adding or subtracting harmonics. The green waveform displays the base waveform. The blue waveform is the base waveform with harmonics added or subtracted (the blue waveform is used by the instrument to create sound.) If a wav file has been imported (Import Wave, under File menu) the wav will be displayed. Imported waveforms have a maximum length of 8 seconds.
HotKeys
A - Average waveform.
G - Toggle between types of waveforms.
H - Set the green "base" waveform equal to the blue waveform.
Up Arrow - Increase waveform amplitude.
Down Arrow - Decrease waveform amplitude.
Delete - Remove imported waveform.
Features
1. Waveform - Draw waveform.
- Left click and hold - Draw waveform.
- Left click and control key - Draw straight line.
- Right click - Reset waveform.
- "A" - Average waveform.
- "G" - Toggle between different types of waveforms.
- "H" - Set green "base" waveform equal to blue waveform.
- Up Arrow - Increase amplitude.
- Down Arrow - Decrease amplitude.
2. Waveform Buttons - Select which waveform to use.
- Left click - Select waveform.
3. Add Harmonics - Add harmonics to the waveform. The vertical axis controls the number of harmonics to add and the the horizontal axis controls the spacing between harmonics.
- Left click and hold - Adjust the harmonics to add.
4. Subtract Harmonics - Subtract harmonics from the waveform. The vertical axis controls the number of harmonics to subtract and the the horizontal axis controls the spacing between harmonics.
- Left click and hold - Adjust the harmonics to subtract.
5. Chords - Add chords to your notes. The higher the green bar the greater the volume level for the chord. Maximum of 8 keys can be added.
- Left click and hold - Adjust key level.
- Right click - Reset chord values.
6. Wav Start Position - Set the start position when playing imported wavs.
- Left click and hold - Adjust start position.
- Right click - Reset values to their initial values.
7. Wav End Position - Set the end position when playing imported wavs. If the end position of the wav is reached, the wav is looped starting at the start position.
- Left click and hold - Adjust end position.
- Right click - Reset values to their initial values.
8. Wav Zoom - Zoom into the wav.
- Left click "+" to zoom in.
- Left click "-" to zoom out.
9. Wav Scroll Bar - Scroll the wav.
- Left click and hold - Scroll the wav left and right.
Copyright 2001, C. Lawrence Zitnick