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Can someone explain to me where the freqs are in a wave file?

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Colorblind
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Can someone explain to me where the freqs are in a wave file?

Post by Colorblind »

Okay, so to start off i am using a kick wave sample as an example of what i am talking about.....

So lately i have been trying to figure out how frequencies are shown in these wave files, i understand the first part of the kick is the tick but like is there a certain range that specifies a certain part on these samples?

like does it go from very high freq to lowest on these samples, or how are they laid out in samples?

its really hard for me to explain this but if you need i can futhure my question to make somewhat more sence

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rigz
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Post by rigz »

You can see 2 things in a wavefiles.

Vertically : The volume: the more heigh the waves have, the more volume there is.
Horizontally: The Frequency: The more width the waves have, the more low they are. On the case of a kick, at the very begining, the waves are short, it mean that the frequency are a bit high/mid. Then it goes wider, wich mean there is more bass.

I can suggest you to open an osciloscope ( the one next to the time on fl studio is fine, if the settings are correct ), and take any synth & play some key on it. You'll see that the higher you go, the smaller the waves are, and the opposite.

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Post by MRK »

And if it is kick that waveform is very weird. It looks like it gets louder on release. Use some autofilter to make it shorter and change its waveform.
And no you can't read exactly what frequencies are in sample. To check it you have to use frequency analyser (SPAN which is free but I'd suggest iZotope's one but it is expensive as hell). Then you'll be shown all frequencies and on what dB they play. You can also use spectrogram (you've got it in FL Parametic EQ 2) but it is not as precise as frequency analyser is. The more red then yellow colour you see the more those frequencies you have
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