On this dialog you can adjust the appearance and behaviour of the Overtone Sliders (which are also called Note Sliders). Most of those settings can also be found on the toolbar.
Fixate note sliders on screen
If this setting is active, the note sliders are fixated on the screen and will stay in the same position regardless of how the time range of the analyzer view is changed. In Overtone Analyzer Free and Live Edition the sliders are always fixated on the screen.
When the sliders are not fixated on the screen, each slider corresponds to a time range can can be scrolled and zoomed together with the corresponding recording. This allows to represent an entire recording as a melody comprised of musical notes, which can also be exported as a MIDI file.
Number of Overtone Sliders
This is the number of distinct sliders shown. Each slider can have a separate fundamental frequency. The number of sliders can only be changed if the sliders are fixated on the screen. Otherwise, sliders can be added and deleted through the commands 'Tools / Insert note slider' and 'Tools / Delete note selected sliders'.
Note Slider Labels
Show notename
Show frequency
These two settings control the format of the slider labels. If there are both disabled, only the number of the harmonic is shown on each slider label. You can also show the note name, the frequency, or both.
Hide middle labels
If this option is activated, the notename and frequency will only be shown for the fundamental, and for the highest displayed overtone, and the lowest displayed undertone of each slider.
Transparency
This option makes the sliders transparent so that the spectrogram underneath can still be seen. This can make it easier to position sliders accurately. The amount of transparency requires some experimentation for each situation. It can be adjusted here, but the transparency can also be adjusted through a slider on the status bar.
Draw tempered notes
This enables or disables the thin grey lines shown in the background of the analyzer view. They correspond to the frequencies of the tones on the piano.
Snapping
When moving a slider along the frequency axis while this option is enabled, the slider will snap to the nearest piano note or spectral peak. This behaviour can be reversed when the ALT key is pressed while moving a slider.
- no snapping: The sliders can be moved freely.
- snap to nearest musical note: The slider will snap to the frequency that represents the nearest note on the piano.
- snap to nearest peak in spectrum: The slider will snap to the nearest maximum in the spectrum. This allows to accurately measure the loudest frequencies in a recording.
