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Sony Announces Availability Of Spectral Waveform Editing Software

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SpectraLayers Offers the Following Transformational Features:

Extreme Audio Editing

• Divide audio files into discrete, user-defined layers that can be processed independently and reintegrated to achieve perfect master files.
• Remove unwanted noises and artifacts with ease while leaving surrounding audio data completely intact.
• Separate music and dialogue into individual component layers.
• Perform pitch correction on user-selected components of an audio file.
• Employ SpectraLayers in audio mastering, sound design, analysis, and forensics tasks.
• All tools are modifiable using a wide range of user-definable sensitivities and tolerances.

Extraction Tools

Extract audio into independent layers using intelligent, programmable tools:

• Area—select any audio for transfer from directly within the spectrum graph
• Frequency—track frequencies and transfer them directly to selected layers
• Harmonics—seek and select harmonics in user-defined amounts and orders.

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