Metric Halo SpectraFoo Version 1.5 - Manual (Page 12)

power of this instrument lies in its synchronization with the live audio signal. After spending some time “calibrating
your eyes to your ears” by watching the Spectragram while listening to music which is intimately familiar, the instru-
ment literally becomes a waterfall of musical information.
This tool is very effective for precisely identifying frequency overlap and masking effects, such as a bass drum track
and a bass track occupying the same frequency range and obscuring each other. It gives you a good picture of the
rhythmic aspects of program material and is very helpful in pinpointing timing problems in dense arrangements.
The Spectragram represents the power of frequency events through a color scale. Although the illustration above
does not show it, the Spectragram Details window now has a color <—> power calibration bar that allows you to
quickly determine the power of different events.
Click on this button to popup the Spectragram Details window.
These Range and Scaling sliders function exactly the same way as the sliders in the
Spectragraph Details window.
These evenly spaced marks are hi-hat hits. Because the spectragram correlates fre-
quency, power and time it is very useful for identifying timing discrepencies. When
there are timing problems in dense arrangements, the Spectragram can help you pin
point the instrument or section that is causing the problem.
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