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Audio processing and functions
• You can use the Preview function to listen to the result.
The event is played back repeatedly in its entire length, but with the
“closed” sections silenced.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you are satisfied with the
result.
6. Now activate the “Add as Regions” or the “Strip Si-
lence” checkbox, or both.
“Add as Regions” will create regions according to the non-silent sec-
tions. “Strip Silence” will split the event at the start and end of each non-
silent section, and remove the silent sections in between.
7. If you activate “Add as Regions”, you can specify a
name for the Regions in the Region Name field.
In addition to the name, the regions will be numbered, starting with the
number specified in the Auto Number Start field.
8. Click “Process”.
The event is split and/or regions are added.
The result of the “Strip Silence” option.
• If you selected more than one event in step 1 above, you
can activate the “process all” checkbox to apply the same
settings to all selected events. If you do not activate this,
the dialog will appear again, allowing you to make sepa-
rate settings for each event.
The Spectrum Analyzer
(Cubase only)
This function analyzes the selected audio, computes the
average “spectrum” (level distribution over the frequency
range) and displays this as a two-dimensional graph, with
frequency on the x-axis and level on the y-axis.
1. Make an audio selection (a clip, an event or a range se-
lection).
2. Select “Spectrum Analyzer” from the Audio menu.
A dialog with settings for the analysis appears.
The default values give good results in most situations, but
you can adjust the settings if you like:
3. Click the “Process” button.
The spectrum is computed and displayed as a graph.
Option Description
Size in Samples The function divides the audio into “analysis blocks”, the
size of which is set here. The larger this value, the higher
the frequency resolution of the resulting spectrum.
Size of Overlap The overlap between each analysis block.
Window used Allows you to select which window type should be used
for the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform, the mathematical
method used for computing the spectrum).
Normalized
Values
When this is activated, the resulting level values are
scaled, so that the highest level is displayed as “1”
(0dB).
From Stereo When analyzing stereo material, there is a pop-up menu
with the following options:
Mono mix – the stereo signal is mixed to mono before
analyzing.
Mono left/right – the left or right channel signal is used
for analysis.
Stereo – both channels are analyzed (two separate
spectrums will be displayed).