FL Manual 22 wav/wav/xy/transient Flashcards
FL STUDIO - Fruity Vocoder
What is Fruity Vocoder?
- Fruity Vocoder is an advanced real-time vocoder effect with a wide range of adjustable parameters and zero latency.
- -Vocoding is the process of using the frequency spectrum of one sound to modulate the same in another.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy
What is Wave Candy?
- Wave Candy is a flexible audio analysis and visualization tool which includes an Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, Vectorscope and Peak Meter
- -The display type, colors, frequency range and dynamic range are all fully customizable.
- –Related plugins include Spectroman, dB Meter & Fruity Dance.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy
How to use
- Load Wave Candy into an effects slot on the Mixer Track to be monitored.
- -A good place to load Wave Candy is on the special ‘Selected’ Mixer track located to the right of the ‘Send’ tracks.
- –The ‘Selected’ Mixer track receives audio from any selected track (as the name suggests).
- —Audio from any track that Wave Candy is loaded into drives the plugin visualizations.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Parameters
Gain
- Increases (right) or decreases (left) the display gain.
- -NOTE: if you change this value any dB values shown by Wave Candy will be relative to the input level.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Parameters
Fade out
- Sets the delay between input stopping and the display fading from view.
- -This only works if the background is also turned off (see the Appearance controls below).
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Parameters
HOLD
- Freezes the current display.
- -Click a second time to return to normal operation.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Title
-Click to edit the display title.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Visible
Turns the display window on or off.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Mini view
Selects an alternative small display.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Background
-Shows/hides the display window background.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Solid
- When selected, you can use Left-click to move and resize the display (depending on where clicked) and Right-click to open the display menu.
- -When deselected, Wave Candy will be transparent to mouse clicks and you can work on applications behind it.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Keep in front
-Keeps the display window on top of any open application.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
On desktop
-The display window will continue to be visible on the Windows desktop after the host application has been minimized.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance Blur behind (VISTA)
Blurs anything behind Wave Candy’s transparent display window, in Vista & Windows 7.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Reflect / bevel
-Turn right to change the reflection level, or left to hide the reflection and change the width of the display window bevel (surround).
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Corners
Corner ‘rounding’ control.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Appearance
Punches
Displays/hides background decorations, known as ‘punches’.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Color target
- Drop-down menu provides targets for the color adjustment controls.
- -Once selected, a color can be changed by clicking on the box to the right of the menu, to open the color chooser.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Frame
Displays window frame related colors.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Bevel
Bevel (outer frame) related colors.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Glass
Glass effect related colors.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Text
-Text related colors.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Helpers
-Helper related colors.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Oscilloscope - Oscilloscope related colors.
Spectrum - Spectrum related colors.
Peak meter - Peak meter related colors.
Vectorscope - Vectorscope related colors.
Eye candy - Special lighting effect colors.
OA (Object opacity) - Turn to the right to increase the target variable opacity.
CA (Color opacity) - Turn to the right to decrease color transparency.
H (Hue) - Cycles through the color spectrum.
L (Lightness) - Turn to the right to increase lightness (washes out the color).
S (Saturation) - Turn to the right to increase color saturation or density.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
Oscilloscope - Oscilloscope related colors.
Spectrum - Spectrum related colors.
Peak meter - Peak meter related colors.
Vectorscope - Vectorscope related colors.
Eye candy - Special lighting effect colors.
OA (Object opacity) - Turn to the right to increase the target variable opacity.
CA (Color opacity) - Turn to the right to decrease color transparency.
H (Hue) - Cycles through the color spectrum.
L (Lightness) - Turn to the right to increase lightness (washes out the color).
S (Saturation) - Turn to the right to increase color saturation or density.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
- Hint: Wave Candy has been designed so that tweaking the color targets will create pleasing effects.
- -This may make it a little difficult (if you are new to the plugin), to see exactly which color you are working with.
- –Turn AO (object opacity), CA (color transparency) and S (saturation) all the way to the right, so that changes to H (hue) will be clearly visible.
- —But its gaudy, so put them back when you are done.
- —-We shudder to think what visual disasters you will create once you discover these controls. On second thoughts, perhaps we should hide them.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Colors
- Hint: Wave Candy has been designed so that tweaking the color targets will create pleasing effects.
- -This may make it a little difficult (if you are new to the plugin), to see exactly which color you are working with.
- –Turn AO (object opacity), CA (color transparency) and S (saturation) all the way to the right, so that changes to H (hue) will be clearly visible.
- —But its gaudy, so put them back when you are done.
- —-We shudder to think what visual disasters you will create once you discover these controls. On second thoughts, perhaps we should hide them.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy
Oscilloscope
Displays the wave form created by the audio signal.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Oscilloscope
Pinch
-Restricts the movement of the ends of the waveform (as if they are being ‘pinched’).
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Oscilloscope
Interpolate
- In short, smooths zoomed waveforms.
- -When it’s on it will more closely represent what your speakers play, when of the digital data in the waveform.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Oscilloscope
Update
- Waveform synchronization.
- -Right-click to sync to a specific note/frequency.
- –Turn to the right to match higher frequencies, left to match lower frequencies.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Oscilloscope
Window
- Zoom, turn to the left to zoom in on the waveform.
- -Turn to the right to zoom out.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Oscilloscope
Stereo separation
-Turn right to separate the L and R channels of a stereo signal.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy
Spectrum
- Displays a moving trace of the audio signal.
- -Color hue represents intensity (level), vertical position represents frequency (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz, bottom to top is represented) and horizontal position represents time.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
Update
Scroll speed, right is slower.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
Max res
Increases the resolution of the analysis at the expense of CPU load.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
Scale
-Right increases the low frequency detail, left increases the high frequency detail.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
Piano keyboard
- Rotate the knob fully right to see a Piano keyboard to aid in note identification from audio files.
- -When looking at a single note, the fundamental/root pitch (note name) will generally be the lowest horizontal line in the group.
- –The lines above this are likely to be harmonics. With practice you will be able to recognize the root notes in chords and other complex music.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
dB range
Changes the intensity scaling.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Spectrum
Natural weighting
- Sets the color intensity gradient to better represent the way we hear frequencies.
- -Specifically, it changes the brightness weighting from white noise, a linear relationship between frequency and display brightness to pink noise.
- –Pink noise decreases the intensity by 3dB/Octave, making it more suitable for musical uses as the higher frequencies no longer dominate the spectral display brightness, which is closer to how we hear those same frequencies.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy
Meter
Displays the audio level as a pair of vertical bars (left and right channels) on a dB scale.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Scale
-Zooms the scale range.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Hold time
- Amount of time the peak indicator remains at its peak.
- -NOTE: The peak shown will be the peak of the Mode type selected.
- –This won’t be the absolute peaks, unless you are in ‘Peak’ mode.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Mode
- Choose a metering algorithm.
- -Apart from ‘Peak’ all the other metering algorithms apply some ‘average’, ‘weighted average’ or ‘secret squirrel mathematics’ to the signal to better represent ‘loudness’ as perceived by humans.
- –The problem is that the ear responds in a complex way to sound pressure level, depending on frequency and duration of the sound, and so various arguments about what method best represents ‘loudness’ have broken out among audio engineers.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Peak
- Displays the precise and instantaneous level of the audio.
- -Most useful for spotting clipping problems and seeing absolute maximum peak levels.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
PPM (Peak Program Meter)
-Similar to the ‘Peak’ meter with a slightly slower response time (~5 ms averaging window) so that transient peaks are ignored and levels are easier to read.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
RMS (Root Mean Square)
- The RMS calculation is performed over a 300 ms ‘time window’.
- -This moving average evens out transient peaks, to better represent loudness.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Vu (Volume Unit)
- Originally developed in 1939 by Bell Labs, CBS and NBC for measuring and standardizing the speech levels in telephone lines, Vu was one of the first methods used to represent perceived loudness of audio signals by metering.
- -Rather than showing peaks Vu has an intentionally slow and logarithmic response to changes in input to better represent loudness.
- –The main shortcoming of Vu is that the fluctuations in the metering are greater than the changes in volume the ear perceives.
- –This problem is addressed by the next two methods: Leq(A) and ITU-R BS.1770
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Leq(A)
- Another attempt to ‘more accurately’ represent loudness.
- -The Leq(A) metering algorithm is essentially an A-weighted average of the audio signal.
- –The A-weighting takes into account the changing sensitivity of the human ear as a function of audio frequency.
- —Leq(A) is reputed to be useful for matching speech levels across different tracks.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
ITU-R BS.1770
- Yet another algorithm (developed by the International Telecommunications Union, published 2006) to ‘more accurately’ measure perceived loudness of lengthy sections of program material (particularly for multi-channel ‘surround’ audio).
- -This algorithm measures a frequency-weighted’ average over a long time-window (several seconds) and is probably best suited to the ‘Mastering’ stage when you need to match the perceived loudness of a number of different songs.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
- Advice: Use a Peak mode to watch for clipping and your ears to make adjustments to loudness, not so difficult after all.
- -The art of metering is really most important for audio engineers in the broadcast industry, where they need to match the volume of a wide-range of source material so that we don’t have to keep adjusting the volume on our TVs & Radios.
- –If only they would agree to use Leq(A) or ITU-R BS.1770 to match the volume of advertising to the surrounding program material!
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
- Advice: Use a Peak mode to watch for clipping and your ears to make adjustments to loudness, not so difficult after all.
- -The art of metering is really most important for audio engineers in the broadcast industry, where they need to match the volume of a wide-range of source material so that we don’t have to keep adjusting the volume on our TVs & Radios.
- –If only they would agree to use Leq(A) or ITU-R BS.1770 to match the volume of advertising to the surrounding program material!
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Meter
Decay speed
-Rate at which the metering bar falls.
FL STUDIO - Wave Candy - Vectorscope
Vectorscope shows what?
-The Vectorscope measures the differences between the left and right channels of a stereo input and can provide information about stereo content, panning and phase.