Advanced Settings

This dialog has some settings that are intended for advanced users to further customize the program.

Display

Use vertical scale labels

Determines if the text on all scales along the Y-Axis will be vertical or horizontal. Vertical text uses less screen space, but horizontal text is easier to read.

Show Frequency Cursor Line

When moving the mouse across the Analyzer View, helper lines will show the current time and the frequency at the cursor position. This let's you disable the frequency line.

Initial Time Range

This is the time range that will be set for new empty documents. By default it is 10 seconds.

Initial number of Overtone Sliders

Sets the number of visible overtone sliders for new empty documents, or for existing documents that are loaded for the first time.
You can also change the default slider layout.

Keep help window on top

Determines if the help window should be kept in the foreground of the application window. If you prefer to use the application and the help window side by side, keep this checked. If you would rather make the help window fill the entire screen and switch been the application and the help window, uncheck this option.

System

Number of uncompressed files to cache

When Overtone Analyzer loads compressed files such as Mp3 or Ogg files, it first converts them into an uncompressed file that will be stored in your temp folder. This allows much faster access for scrolling and editing the file, but it might use up a lot of hard drive space. This setting determines how many uncompressed files will be stored in the temp folder. If you open a file that has already been uncompressed and is still in the cache, OA will skip the uncompression, which will be much faster.

Automatically check for updates

When Overtone Analyzer is started, it will check the sygyt.com website to see if a new version is available, which will require an internet connection. You can disable this update check here.

Logging Level

This specifies the amount of detail that is written to the log file.

Input Level Meter

The Input Level Meter is the slider on the toolbar that controls input volume and shows the strength of the current input signal. Here you can change its parameters.

Enable monitoring

When the Input Level Meter is on, Overtone Analyzer will always record sound from your sound card, which could be undesirable in some cases, so you can turn it off here. You can also right-click on the Input Level Meter on the toolbar to enable or disable it.

Displayed range

This is the dynamic range shown on the Input Level Meter.

Max updates per second

This number determines how often the Input Level Meter is redrawn. You could lower this value if your computer is very slow, because every redraw uses up a small amount of CPU time.

Peak History

This is the amount of time (in seconds) that the peak display is using. For example, if the peak history is 3 seconds, the Level Meter will show the maximum value from the last 3 seconds.