Here is an overview of the main elements of the Overtone Analyzer user interface:
1. Toolbar
The Toolbar provides quick access to most functions of the program. Go to the toolbar reference.
2. Timeline
The Timeline shows an overview of the entire recording or loaded audio file as a waveform. The Timeline also acts like a scrollbar and lets you navigate through a long recording by moving the current range slider.
3. Wave View
The Wave View is very similar to the Timeline, but instead of showing the entire recording, it shows the waveform of the time range that is show in the Analyzer View. For short recordings, there is not much difference between the two views, and therefore the Wave View is hidden by default, but it can be useful for working with very long recordings, or for zooming in very far to provide an oszilloscope-like view.
4. Staff View & Piano
The Piano is a playable keyboard. You can click on individual tones, or use Ctrl-Click to select entire accords and play them with the "Play selected tones" command.
The Staff View shows a musical staff with all the notes in the current range. It also shows the current notes played on the piano. The colored areas in the background indicate the ambitus (the range from lowest to highest singable note) of the singing voices and of the singable overtones.
5. Analyzer View
This is the main view of Overtone Analyzer. More about the Analyzer View.
6. Overtone Slider
The Overtone Sliders are an overlay that is shown on top of the Analyzer View to visualize the notes and frequencies of the selected harmonic scale. More about Overtone Sliders.
7. Status Bar
The Status Bar has a slider for the main output volume. If the mouse cursor is over the Analyzer View, the Status Bar will show the current time, frequency, note name, and intensity of the recording at the current mouse cursor position.
