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Track Displays in DAW Software: Beyond Waveform Views

Authors: Gohlke, Kristian; Hlatky, Michael; Heise, Sebastian; Black, David; Loviscach, Jörn

AES Convention 128 · Paper 8145 · May 2010

Abstract

For decades, digital audio workstation software has displayed the content of audio tracks through bare waveforms. We argue that the same real estate on the computer screen can be used for far more expressive and goal-oriented visualizations. Starting from a range of requirements and use cases, this paper discusses existing techniques from such fields as music visualization and music notation. It presents a number of novel techniques, aimed at better fulfilling the needs of the human operator. To this end, the paper draws upon methods from signal processing as well as computer graphics.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 128
AES Convention
128
Paper number
8145
Publication date
May 6, 2010
Session subject
Innovative Applications
Affiliation
Fachhhochschule Bielefeld (University of Applied Sciences), Bielefeld, Germany; Hochschule Bremen (University of Applied Sciences), Bremen, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper