Re: Real-time spectrogram for Mac

[Brian Bruce Monson <brian.monson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a powerful acoustical analysis tool for OSX that does what you're asking.  It might be a little more advanced than what you're looking for, but I like to use it in my teaching.  (The developer is a colleague who is open to feedback for application-specific software improvements. You can contact him through the website.)

http://www.faberacoustical.com/products/signalscope/
http://www.faberacoustical.com/products/signalscope_pro/

Brian


On Mar 2, 2013, at 11:42 AM, James W. Beauchamp wrote:

> Another real-time analyzer that's platform independent is 
> freqazoid, that is based on Java:
> 
>    http://code.google.com/p/freqazoid/
> 
> Although it won't satisfy Daniel's criteria, it has three useful functions:
> 1) an oscilloscope
> 2) a real-time FFT spectrum display with adjustable threshold for peak 
>   detection.
> 3) a real-time F0 detector display based on the detected spectral peaks 
>   with the vertical axis indicating note positions (F#3, Bb4, etc.)
> 
> The program was written by Ugur Guney based on a spectral analyzer and 
> two-way mismatch pitch detector written by Robert Maher that is installed 
> in the non-real-time analysis/synthesis package SNDAN.
> 
> Jim
> 
> James W. Beauchamp                                                
> Professor Emeritus of Music and Electrical & Computer Engineering
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> WWW:  http://ems.music.uiuc.edu/beaucham
> 
> Original message:
>> From: "Rowan D." <dr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:31:37 +0000
>> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [AUDITORY] Real-time spectrogram for Mac
>> 
>> Hi -
>> 
>> Background: I have been using the real-time waveform/spectrum (RTSpect)
>> and spectrogram (RTGram) Windows apps from UCL
>> (http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/resource/software.php) for several years
>> for teaching and outreach/public engagement as very easy to use to
>> achieve intended results.
>> 
>> Question: Is there anything similar out there for Mac/OSX?
>> 
>> I've had a bit of a search with no luck; needs to be real-time and
>> similarly easy to use for a varied audience. I'm aware of iPad apps
>> that do something similar but am looking for something for Macbook.
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance for any leads.
>> 
>> Cheers, Daniel