Spectral Display

The spectral display represents the spectrogram. The horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents frequency.

Note

If you want to change the scale of the spectral display, choose View > Frequency Scale and choose a scale from the submenu. The logarithmic scales — Mel, Bark, ERB, or MIDI-Logarithmic — provide better visibility of the lower frequencies, compressing higher, less-significant frequencies at the top of the display. For more information, see The Display panel

If you want to lock the spectral display so the bottom of the graph remains anchored at 0 Hz when you zoom, choose View > Frequency Unit > Lock Bottom to 0Hz.

If you want the spectral display to show regularly spaced octaves, choose View > Frequency Scale > MIDI-logarithmic, and then choose View > Frequency Unit > Octaves or View > Frequency Unit > Notes.

If you want to change the units used in the spectral display, choose View > Time Unit, Power Unit, or Frequency Unit, and choose a unit from the submenu.

If you to display a grid in the spectral display, select View > Unit Grid. Select View > Snap to Grid and Markers if you want to enable snapping the cursor to the grid in the spectral display.

To show or hide markers and regions in the spectral display, choose View > Markers and Regions.