A simple “tuning fork” plug-in for Audacity, specifically for tuning a ukulele. This plug-in just generates a tone of the specified note, which is basically what a tuning fork does, except that a real (mechanical) tuning fork is restricted to just one frequency, whereas this plug-in allows you to select the required note. Ukuleles are … Continue reading Ukulele Tuning Tones
What is a decibel? Why are dB sometimes negative? How loud is one dB? In this article we examine what dB means in layman’s terms…
Sometimes we may want to fade-in or fade-out an effect rather than have it start and end suddenly. This article looks at how we can do this automatically within an effect. The way that we would do this manually is by duplicating the track, applying the effect to the duplicate, then crossfading the two tracks … Continue reading Fading an effect in and out
“Variables” are a fundamental concept in programming. They provide a way to refer to a value, even if the value is not known. For example, if we have some apples, but we don’t know how many apples, we can refer to “the apples” without knowing how many. If we have 5 apples, then “the number … Continue reading Nyquist Programming – Variables and data types
Before diving into the Nyquist programming language, we will first take a quick look at what programming is. A “program” is a set of steps to produce a result. Typically when we talk of programming we mean programming a computer, but in a broader sense we can consider any ordered set of steps to produce … Continue reading Nyquist Programming – An Introduction