All About Audioscopes

Everyone seems to really like audioscopes, so I will try to explain how to make them. If you find an error, or have information to add to this page, please email me with the info, and i will add it to the page...THANKS!!!

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Ok, here are the basic attributes of an audioscope.

Gain - This attribute will determine the type of audioscope that you will have, as well as tell the audioscope how much to react to the sound. The value can be a posative number, zero, or a negative number. The default setting is "+1".
Height - This will set the height of the audioscope. The value will be measured in pixels.
Width - This will set the width of the audioscope. The value will be measured in pixels also.
Border - This will make a border around your audioscope. This value will also be measured in pixels.
Leftcolor/Rightcolor - On each audioscope there is a "left" and "right" audio track. This will set the color of each one. The value can be any color.
Leftoffset/Rightoffset - This attribute will seperate the left and right tracks on the audioscope. One value should be a posative number and the other a negative number if you want to keep them even, but you can put in any value to get different effects. This is also measured in pixels.
Bgcolor - This will set the background color of the audioscope. It can be set to any color you want.
Maxlevel - This attribute will add a line on certain audioscopes that shows where the peaks of the sounds are.

Click on the different music choices to see how the audioscopes react...

Unbreak My Heart
Love Shack
Free Fallin'
Let's Go Crazy
MMM Bop
Rebel Yell
Always On My Mind
Your Cheatin' Heart

Now for some examples. first we will start with a plain audioscope.

<audioscope>

ok, now lets add some color to it...

now lets seperate the left and right sides a little so they are more visible...

Now lets adjust the size of the audioscope and add a border....

Now lets add the Maxlevel attribute...(Note: this is the only type of audioscope that it works on)

Ok, now on to the "Gain" attribute. This is the one that will change how your audioscope reacts to the sounds...

Note the change in the audioscope. This is because the gain is equal to zero. Also note that the "leftoffset/rightoffset" and the "maxlevel" are gone...they have no effect on this type of audioscope.

Now if we make the gain equal to a negative number, this is what you get...

Note how the Blue and Red colors blend together to make the audioscope show purple...in this case you can set the "leftcolor/rightcolor" to the same value if you want a specific color.

Here is the same one as above but with the "leftoffset/rightoffset" added to it...Notice the red and blue "splashes" at the peaks...(Note: I have made it large so that you can see the difference)

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