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Old 02-15-2017, 09:16 AM   #1
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Default Spectral peaks: mixed feelings. Could this be improved ?

Being used to "comparisonics colours" in Samplitude for years, I was very happy that something similar is coming into Reaper. To view the tracks and to immediately SEE what is going on there is a great thing. If the colours develop logically and naturally. Deepest sound = darkest and the higher you go, the lighter colours. All clear at the first sight. The deepest notes or noises black (you see that something happened there) , then dark blue etc. up to very light shiny colours with the highest tones.

But not in Reaper (whatever adjustment you try to make). There is no natural logic there. No relation dark/deep etc. It seems just like accidental colours that do not tell you much. Flute goes to very high pitch and the spot is dark, low tones yellow ... so it does not tell you anything apart from some extra decoration of the waveforms.

I wonder if this could be developed into more usable and practical scheme ?
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Old 02-15-2017, 09:24 AM   #2
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Have a look at this, Ivo:

View - Peaks display settings.



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Old 02-15-2017, 09:27 AM   #3
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Have a look at this, Ivo:

View - Peaks display settings.
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Old 02-15-2017, 09:51 AM   #4
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I of course looked there and tried to make all possible settings. But it seems just to go in cycles ... deep sounds black and then within few hundred Hz and again back to black etc. you can just move the crossing points. Unless I missed something
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Old 02-15-2017, 12:08 PM   #5
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Try "Set range to full spectrum".

You used to be able to drag-stretch the spectrum about before it was released, which I preferred (I set from red at lowest frequency to blue at highest, rather than from red to red with the above preset), but that doesn't seem possible anymore


Maybe we should submit an FR for it? "Half range to full spectrum"..?


Edit: yes it is possible, position the mouse over the right-hand border of the spectrum and drag the edge to "stretch" the spectrum out. Position the red at the LF end and streth the red to lie at the HF end. Is that what you wanted?







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Old 02-15-2017, 03:06 PM   #6
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Yes, I tried everything. Whatever I do, strangely, high tones are dark, low bright, like this shakuhachi solo
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