Vertical controls (amplitude axis), Spectrogram controls, The info box – MOTU Track16 - Desktop Studio FireWire/USB 2.0 Interface User Manual

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In

Zoom/Offset

mode,

Zoom

sets the display zoom

from 1x to 100x, where the number represents the
zoom factor relative to the entire frequency range.
For example, when the horizontal zoom value is 1x,
the entire frequency range from 10 to 24000 Hertz
is displayed; when the horizontal zoom value is 2x,
one half of the entire frequency range is displayed.

Pos

determines which frequency is displayed at the

center of the graph.

In

Min/Max

mode,

Min

and

Max

set the lowest and

highest displayed frequencies (in Hertz).

Vertical controls (amplitude axis)

The

Vertical

controls (Figure 9-28) operate

similarly to the Horizontal controls, except that
they configure the y-axis (amplitude).

In

Zoom/Offset

mode,

Zoom

sets the display zoom

from 1x to 100x, and

Pos

sets the center amplitude

of the graph. In

Min/Max

mode,

Min

and

Max

set

the smallest and largest displayed amplitude.

Spectrogram controls

The

Floor

control (Figure 9-28) sets the amplitude

threshold for the spectrogram display, from -144
dB up to 0 dB.

The

Alpha

control (Figure 9-28) sets the opacity of

the spectrogram information displayed in the
graph, from 100% (fully visible) to 0% (hidden).

The info box

When any EQ filter point is selected or dragged in
the full window graph, the info box is shown next
to the point in the full graph display (Figure 9-35).

Figure 9-35: The Info Box.

The info box includes the industry standard
scientific note (pitch) name when the control point
is located at a frequency that resides within a
prescribed note range, where C4 is middle C. The
note number is accompanied by the number of
cents (±50) above or below the exact frequency for
the note. If the control point is dragged outside the
note range, only the frequency is shown.

OSCILLOSCOPE

The Oscilloscope (Figure 9-34) graphs the
amplitude of an audio signal over time.

Amplitude is displayed on the y-axis and time is
displayed on the x-axis. A thick white vertical line
marks where time equals zero; a thick white
horizontal line marks where amplitude equals zero
(Figure 9-34, below).

Figure 9-34: Oscilloscope

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