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0.1 What is SoundFX ? [up] [down]

SoundFX (from now on "SFX") is an editor for digitized audiodata (samples). SFX is built in a modular way and features a comfortable GUI (Graphic User Interface). With SFX you can add effects (which are really unique on amiga) to your samples and edit them extensivly.
Here is an overview of its features :

  • more than 60 operators with lots of parameters and possiblities for modulation such as :
    • sound synthesis
      • AM-Synthesis (amplitude modulation)
      • CS-Synthesis (composite synthesis = additative and subtraktive sound synthesis)
    • FM-Synthesis (frequency modulation)
    • 3D-cube parameter modulation (Mix, Equalize)
    • effects such as Hall, Echo, Delay, Chorus/Phaser, Morph, Pitchshift, ...
    • operators like Resample, ZeroPass (FadeIn/FadeOut), Middle, Amplify, Mix, DeNoise, ConvertChannels ...
    • 2D/3D-spectral analysis
    • very good filters and boosters with resonancy !!!
    • several types of modulation
      • even volume and pitch tracking
    • more then 200 presets included
  • internal signalresolution of 80/16 bit
    • 80 bit floating point during calculations
    • 16 bit in in the sample buffer
  • good play routines
    • 8 bit standard player
    • 14 bit cascade player (without additional hardwar)
    • 14 bit callibrated cascade player (without additional hardwar)
    • AHI-player for soundcards
    • plays samples directly fro fastram or from hd while using max 16 kByte chipram during playback
  • conversion of different sound sample formats
    • IFF-8SVX/16SV/AIFF/AIFC/MAUD,RAW,RIFF-WAV,VOC,SND-AU,...
    • with compression support
  • works now also with samples bigger than available memory
  • works in mono, stereo and quadro !!!
  • operations are non-destructive, so the sourcesample will be neither overwritten nor deleted
  • extensive number of cut-functions
  • freehand-edit
  • flexible screendisplay
    • number of samplebuffers (limited by your system resources only
    • each sample has its own window, with changable position and size
    • smooth variable zooming (can be <1.0)
    • X- Und Y-zoom !!
    • and rulers with configurable units
  • HTML online help
    • by pressing the "HELP"-key in any windo
    • asynchronous (the help window could stay opened)
  • clippord support with all 256 entries
  • datatype support (loader)
  • arexx-port
    • with many procedures and functions (actually about 90)
    • with several examples
    • arexx-scripts can be started directly from SoundFX
  • system conform GUI
  • font- and screensensitiv
  • modular concept, means unlimited
In the unregistered version saving of samples and using the arexx-port is not available !


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