As soon as you click off the selection, SpectraLayers Pro will revert to standard playback.īesides cut, copy and paste editing, you can edit the spectrogram with tools like the Eraser, Clone Stamp, Frequency Pencil (great for creating Theremin-like sounds, although I’m sure it was designed more as a repair tool), Amplifier and Noise Spray. The latter feature is convenient for checking the accuracy of your selection.įor example, if you select a small horizontal section from 200 Hz to 500 Hz, that is all you will hear on playback. But if a selection is active, you hear only the selected area. With nothing selected, hitting the Play button (or pressing the spacebar) plays back the audio starting from the position of the playhead. Selections can be made by time (horizontal) or frequency (vertical), or with a variety of tools, including a Lasso Tool, Selection Brush (with adjustable thickness) and even a Magic Wand Tool that selects shapes.

You can even view the spectrogram in 3D from a variety of angles.

It provides multiple options for altering the display’s look, letting you zoom and focus and sharpen what you’re seeing. SpectraLayers Pro focuses solely on audio editing and processing audio that you select in a spectral display.

The application comes in a Pro version, which I’ll focus on in this review there is also an entry-level, lower-priced Elements version with fewer features.īecause SpectraLayers Pro takes a unique approach to audio editing, let’s start with a brief overview and then get into the new features Steinberg added in version 7. In the new SpectraLayers Pro 7 application for Mac and Windows, Steinberg introduces AI into this visually based audio editor, giving it some potent new powers.

Over the past several years, an increasing number of software developers have included artificial intelligence algorithms in their products to give them powerful new capabilities. SpectraLayers Pro 7 is a significant update that adds potent artificial intelligence features

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