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…Layers
The layer system, similar to tracks in a DAW, allows you to refine your work extensively in a
nondestructive way, thanks to transfer operations and the additive and subtractive nature of
layer mixing.
If you cut and paste data from one layer to a different layer, you transfer data
nondestructively: the sum of the two layers is identical to the source data, but you have full
control over the state of the data you extracted to that new layer.
If you copy and paste data from one layer to a different layer, and then invert the phase of
that new layer, you subtract the layers nondestructively: the first layer still contain all the
original data, and the new, inverted layer acts to subtract the original data. When this negative
layer is muted, you get your original data back.
Processes and Tools
Processes work the same way they do in most audio applications: you select an area, and the
process is applied to the whole area.
However the difference is that in SpectraLayers One you can select not only time but also
frequency areas, so the process is only applied to a certain range of frequencies.
The processes are also different by nature, because they are designed to use spectral data
instead of raw audio data, so the purpose and range is not the same as usual audio processes.
You can think of them as photo filters.
Tools work the same way they do in paint applications: they are local to the mouse position
and allow you to work on specific frequencies.
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