Waveform Analysis in Ableton

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abstractionisms
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Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by abstractionisms » Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:15 am

Hey there,

I'm looking for some type of plugin or tool to let me see audio waveform with the x and y grid
representing time (preferably in MS) and amplitude (preferably in dB)...

I know that there is the s(m)exoscope plugin,
but I don't believe it works with 64 bit ableton.

Is there anything out there comparable to this?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!!!!!


cotdagoo
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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by cotdagoo » Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:44 am

Create a new audio track, set the input to 'Resampling', set the monitoring to 'In' and mute the track.
Arm the track for recording, set Live to record and hit play.

Your new audio track should be creating a waveform recording (in real time) of your master output.

I do this quite often when mastering tracks :)

abstractionisms
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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by abstractionisms » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:14 am

cotdagoo wrote:Create a new audio track, set the input to 'Resampling', set the monitoring to 'In' and mute the track.
Arm the track for recording, set Live to record and hit play.

Your new audio track should be creating a waveform recording (in real time) of your master output.

I do this quite often when mastering tracks :)
But will I be able to see dB and time in MS of the waveform?

I'm beginning to think I should just make my own max 4 live patch to do this, because the prices
of these plugins are way too expensive. I wish s(m)exoscope worked with 64bit, as it's exactly what I need.

Thanks for your reply.

abstractionisms
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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by abstractionisms » Tue Jun 03, 2014 12:14 am

Wow, that looks like it would work, but I don't think it's in my budget.

Thanks for your help!

JoshG567
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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by JoshG567 » Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:35 pm

You could get jBridge and use that to make your 32 bit visualization plugin work with x64 Live.

cotdagoo
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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by cotdagoo » Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:07 pm

abstractionisms wrote:
cotdagoo wrote:Create a new audio track, set the input to 'Resampling', set the monitoring to 'In' and mute the track.
Arm the track for recording, set Live to record and hit play.

Your new audio track should be creating a waveform recording (in real time) of your master output.

I do this quite often when mastering tracks :)
But will I be able to see dB and time in MS of the waveform?

I'm beginning to think I should just make my own max 4 live patch to do this, because the prices
of these plugins are way too expensive. I wish s(m)exoscope worked with 64bit, as it's exactly what I need.

Thanks for your reply.
You'll see whatever info you normally get from a waveform.. it's not a replacement for s(m)exoscope, just a handy preview of the waveform itself.

$15 for Jbridge to get any free/unsupported 32bit plugins working in 64bit Live isn't too bad pricewise.. I use stuff like s(m)exoscope all the time to justify the price to make a bunch of stuff work in 64bit :)

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Re: Waveform Analysis in Ableton

Post by TheNobleNemesis » Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:29 pm

This one.

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2013/04 ... -analyzer/

It's got sonogram, phase, spectrum analysis, an oscilloscope, and more.
I use it for everything other than it's spectrum analyzer - Live's 'Spectrum' has a more fluid feel to it to be honest.

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