GLIDE interpolates frequencies between two single spectra. One taken from File 1 at a specified time, and one from File 2 at a specified time in that file. The outfile length is set by the user. The effect is usually that of a gradual glissando between the two spectra. The files must be different (or output is silent); to get round this in Soundshaper, copy File 1 (e.g. A_0 to B_0) and select the copy as File 2. PARAMETERS outlength The length of the output file Range: 2 analysis windows (e.g. 00.5805 for default
1024-point
PVOC) to 32767 secs.
from: Time of
Window in
File1. Soundshaper suggests a smaller range but this can be exceeded. Range:
0-filelength secs. (File 1)
to: Time of Window in File 2.
Range:
0-filelength secs.(Soundshaper displays File 1's
maximum, but you can
exceed this if File 2 is longer.)
NOTES GLIDE's output has no dynamic contour; in this respect it is a bit like FREEZE or EXPAND or HOLD, but with changing frequency content. As the interpolation begins at the start and ends at the very end of the output, it can be useful to precede and/or follow it with HOLD. GLIDE can be musically effective when mixed with a related dynamically changing sound, e.g. one beginning with File 1 and ending with File 2, created via MORPH. Another useful hybrid is to impose a time-varying spectral envelope on it, using CROSS, VOCODE or PUT FORMANTS. For example, CROSS allows one sound to create the (frequency-related) dynamic content, while GLIDE determines the actual frequencies. The result here usually seems like a variant of CROSS's source. Example: Source
—> Glide (Infile 2 from Source
copy)
—>CROSS
—>PVOC_SYNTH
(to
.wav)
Source copy —> Timestretch (matching
Glide
out-length) —>CROSS
(Infile2)
CDP notes refer to the process GRAB ― this is built in to Soundshaper's implementation of GLIDE. GRAB GRAB extracts a single analysis window at time point specified. This process is built into Soundshaper's implementation of GLIDE. There are no known uses for the function otherwise. PARAMETERS time Location in file of the window to grab; if beyonf the length of the file, grabs the last window. Range: 0 to file-length secs.
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