Overtone Analyzer

Overtone Analyzer is a software application for anyone interested in sound or music. It can be used as a spectrum analyzer and a visual feedback tool as well as an interactive visualization of music theory. Originally written by and for overtone singers, it uniquely relates the physics of sound to the perception of music. In particular, it highlights the role of natural overtones or harmonics as a fundamental aspect of the structure of sound. Using Overtone Analyzer will deepen your understanding of sound and music and sharpen your perceptual skills.

NEWS

  • 25. April 2008
    Overtone Analyzer 0.9.3 released
    • Allow modification of current selection by dragging the left and right selection borders (thanks to Werner Worschech).
    • Add feature to lock the current selection so that it does not disappear when the playbackpos is changed with a leftclick. The selection is now locked by default.
    • Add helper lines to reticule slider on the timeline to make the move gripper more salient (thank to Felix Mönnich).
    • Fix crash when moving overtone slider out of visible area in linear display mode (thanks to Harry Nichols for reporting this).
    • Fix some problems with very large FFT sizes.
    • Review communication between the various device options dialogs and fix some small bugs.
    • Limit sinewave generator frequencies to half of the output sampling rate (thanks to Kolja Simon for reporting this).
  • 23. April 2008
    I hate spam

    Spammers are ruining email for all of us.

    I'm having increasing problems in sending out download links to beta users in the US. Some US companies seem to have recently upgraded their spam protection software and set it to be extremely conservative in what it considers to be legitimate mail and what not.

    Unfortunately, mails from Sygyt Software with the download information seem to fall into the second category, maybe because they contain the words 'login' and 'password' and a url, I don't know. If you have requested the beta version and have not heard from me within one or two workdays, please be patient, and ask again. Googling for this seems to indicate that I'm not the only one whose legitimate mail is bounced.

  • 3. March 2008
    Server upgrade

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  • 27. February 2008
    Overtone Analyzer 0.9.2 released
    • Add new black-and-white color scheme for easier printing and publishing of screenshots (thanks to Br. Karl-Leo Heller).
    • Fix potential crash with very small frequency ranges (thanks to Miroslav Grosser).
    • Add button to maximize the current window when several windows are tiled next to each other (thanks to Miroslav Grosser).
    • The initial number of Overtone Sliders that appears when a new file is created or opened can now be set under Options / Customize / Other Settings.
    • Fix typing into frequency range fields on toolbar.
    • When the piano is horizontal, the labels of the overtone sliders are now at the bottom of the screen instead of the top, so that the frequency peaks in the spectrum view are not obscured.
    • Fix display of the file type options button on the Save File dialog.
    • Fix some problems when recording multiple files with different sampling rates.
    • Fix startup of the tone generator when pressing the "Play selected tones" button, which did not work in some cases.

Latest Version

Overtone Analyzer 0.9.3