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Note:IfyouwanttotogglebetweentheplotsholddownyourleftmousebuttonandpresstheTABkey. Noticehowthecursorjumpsbetweentheplots.
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DynamicsNodeTool(NewFeature) PresstheHistogramtabandnoticethenewscreen.Makesurethedynamicscursoristoggledon.
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Youcannoweditanyareaofatrack. MidSideLeftRight
Wefoundagoodwaytofindtherightsplitpointlocationistosetthetrackplayingandscrollthe timelinecursortothelocationyouthinkitshouldbeandthenreleaseit.Onreleasingitplaybackwill continuefromthatpoint.Byhearinghowtheplaybacksoundsyoucaneasilyfigureoutifyouhavethe rightlocation.Ifyoudo,justaddtheCTRL+Stoyourclicktocreatethesplitpoint. Ifyouneedtomovethesplitpointclickandholdtheleftmousebuttondownonthesplitmarker.The splitmarkerwillinitiallyshowasselectedandthenswitchto"move"modewherethetrackcursor synchronizeswiththesplitmarker.Nowmovethemarkerbydraggingthemouseleftorright.Whenyou releasethemousebuttonthesplitpointischangedtothenewlocation. Ifyouneedtodeleteasplitpointselectitandpressthedeletekey.Ifyouhaveselectedasplitpointand wanttodeselectitclickitagainorpresstheescapekey. Nowthatyouhavethesplitpointchosen,takealookattheaveragespectrumforeachsegmentinyour track.Youdosobysimplyclickingonthesegmentyouwishtoviewonthebottombarinthetimeline control.Whenyoudo,thetimelinewillzoomintotherangeofthatsegmentanddisplaythespectrum forthatsegment.Itwillalsodisplaytheselectedbarinbluetoindicateitisselected.Togobacktothe overallviewpressthe"doublearrow"zoomallbuttonontherighthandsideofthetimelineview. Designappropriatefilterresponsesfortheselectedsegmentstoobtainthedesiredsound.Dosointhe samemanneraswithHarBal2.3Aparticularlyusefultechniqueistoreuseresponses.Forexample,a trackmayhaveastructureverse,chorus,verse,chorus,bridge,verse.Itisadvantageoustoreusethe filterfortheversesectionsandchorussectionstogetaconsistentsound.Thiscanbeeasilydoneusing theNewFilterdialogbox. Firstdesignthefilterresponseforthefirstverse.Thenselectthefirstverseasareferencesegment.Do sobyclickinganddraggingthemousefromthe"R"buttonontherighthandsideofthetimelinetothe desiredsegment.Thenselectthenextversefilterforeditingandpressthe"newfilter"toolbarbutton andselectthe"createafilterfortheselectedsegmentbasedonareferencesegment"option. Whenyou'vecompletedfilterdesignsforallsegmentstryplayingitthrough.You'llprobablyfindyou needtofinetuneyourdesigntomaintainaconsistenttonalitytothetrack.Ifthereareinconsistencies theywillbeobviouslyaudiblewhentransitioningfromonefiltertoanother.Itisusefultousethe frequencyresponseviewandsegmentreferencingtodeterminewhytransitionsarepoorly implemented.Anotherusefulthingtoconsideriswherethesplitislocated.Movingasplitslightlyone wayoranothercanhelpmaskandobvioustransition.
Outofinterest,theAirfeatureisimplementedwithacrosscoupledfilterthatsynthesizesadiffuse diffusionresponseintheHaaszone(i.e.50msorlessimpulseresponseduration).
TheLimiterhasadefaultoutceilingof0.1dB
Whatarethosefilesbeingcreatedinmysourcedirectory? HarBal3createsanumberofdifferentfilesforeachtrackthatisanalyzedinthesourcedirectory: .hbaanalysisfile .hbffilterfile .hbfbbasefilterfile(basicallyablankfilter) .hbfsfilterspectrumfile .hbfrfilterrealisationfile .hbirimpulseresponsefile Afilterdesignisencapsulatedinthe.hbffile.Allotherfilesmaybedeletedwithoutloosingthedesign andtheywillberecreatedwhenneeded. HarBalPlayerrequiresthe.hbfrfiletoplayatrack.Itisgenerallyaprettycompactfilesoisgoodfor "internettransfer". Havefunandcheers,andpleaseletusknowwhatyouthink.
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