Overtone Analyzer

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.


Intended users and applications:

Voice Education / Therapy

  • Record voice lessons
  • Explain vocal phenomena
  • Create and repeat exercises
  • Document progress of vocal development

Singing Teachers and Students

  • Visual feedback through display of singer's formant, vocal onset, timbre, vibrato
  • Practice intervals and melodies, monitor pitch
  • Study and teach overtone singing

Instrument builders / Singing bowl makers and vendors

  • very precise frequency measurement, even for instruments such as singing bowls and that have several independent tones
  • Measure planetary tones and other tonal systems
  • Document sound characteristics

Musicians and Music Teachers

  • Visualize the relationship between physics of sound and perception of music
  • Transcripe musical recordings
  • Assign and reproduce harmonic intervals as teaching- and composition aid
 

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