Absolute Tuning & Sound Visualization

The Snail is a very high-precision frequency-domain analyzer that delivers an intuitive representation of sounds based on the scales and notes aligned in spectrally active zones.

It is available as a Standalone application for Mac and Windows OS, and AAX, AU and VST3 plug-in.

This plug-in offers a new way of tuning and analyzing an instrument in an extremely accurate way. It displays the intonation and visualizes music and sounds in a way that can help anyone improve their listening and intonation!

Details:

The inner workings of Snail comprises of two modes and three different display views :

The Modes:

• Music Mode - is the most suitable to view your music with, if for instance it contains complex polyphonic content.
• Tuner Mode - is the preferred to help tune an instrument as it increases the resolution of the analysis.

• Snail View - provides a representation of the fundamental frequencies and all related harmonics or overtones in real time. Sound is displayed as 'blobs' along a spiralled view from the low frequencies in the center to higher frequencies (and their respective musical notes) up the spiral GUI.
• Zoomed Tuner View - displays the hexagonal shape which rotates and slows down as you zero down to green on the exact reference frequency. This display is the closest view to a traditional tuner while being incredibly more precise.
• Sonogram View - offers a more standard representation of the sound spectrum over time (vertically), highlighting the prevailing frequencies. This view provides more detail of the frequencies' energy for analysis.

Features :

• Sound source Waveform visualisation
• Simple intuitive interface
• Ultimate accuracy in tuning
• Different combinations of views available
• Audio player with waveform display to allow analysis of any song or sound
• Live input for tuning of external sources
• Tuner mode or Music mode
• Adjustable Tuning Reference pitch
• Transposing feature
• Display of phase relationships possible
• Hz information display
• User adjustable colour schemes
• Click and Tune
• Color graid option
• Show grid option

System Requirements and Compatibility :

Mac

• CPU: Intel or Silicon (ARM)
• Mac OS 10.10 or higher
• 2 GB RAM
• An AAX, AU or VST3 compatible host/DAW for plug-in use
• 64-bit only

Windows

• Windows 7 or higher
• 2 GB RAM
• An AAX or VST3 compatible host/DAW for plug-in use
• 64-bit only

Demo Download :

The Demo version of The Snail is a fully functional 15 day trial version without any limitations. Download directly from the bottom of the Product page and install the full ircamLAB "The Snail" software. Welcome to Absolute Tuning!

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