
If your file contains vocals or musical instruments, you'll see horizontal lines that represent syllables or musical notes. Let's take a closer look at some frequencies. The first step in most editing is selecting data in the spectrogram. Now play your audio file, and notice how the sound is different - you've done your first spectral editing. For more information, see Erasing spectral data Select the Eraser tool and click and drag in the bottom of the spectral display to erase data in the lower frequencies of your audio file. The Retouch tools act directly on the layer you selected. A selected layer is highlighted in the Layers panel.Īfter you select a layer, the tools in the Tools toolbar are available. You can play your audio file by clicking the Play button or pressing the space bar.īefore performing any edits, you need to select a layer.Ĭlick the layer in the Layers panel to select it if it isn't already selected. For more information, see Spectral Display The higher the spots, the higher the pitch of sounds in your audio file. The spots you can see correspond to a mix of the various frequencies and noise that compose your audio file. In the spectral display, the horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency. In the center of the screen is the spectral display. For more information, see The Tools toolbar The tools are now available on the left side of the SpectraLayers workspace. After you click Open, you'll browse to the file that you want to be the first layer of your SpectraLayers project.Īfter you open the file, you'll see it displayed and highlighted in the Layers panel in the bottom-right corner of the SpectraLayers workspace. We'll create a project by open an existing audio file.Ĭlick the Open button (or choose File > Open) to create a project from an audio file. When you first start SpectraLayers, the tools are unavailable until you open a file or create a project.

This topic will help you find your way around SpectraLayers Pro so you can unlock its full potential. Beneath its streamlined interface, SpectraLayers Pro provides you with powerful tools for spectral editing.
