Creating a Track from a Spectrum

This procedure shows how to create a track from a Spectrum in a Sound Composer project.

To Create a Track from a Spectrum:

Prerequisites: You need a Sound Composer project and a spectrum file.
  1. Click New Track to add a track to the Sound Composer project.
  2. Click Create new track....
  3. In the New track window, type a Track name.
  4. Click New source to create a new source.
    Note: Click Open a source if you want to open a *.src file, then see Adding a Source to a Sound Composer Track.
  5. Enter a Source name.
  6. In the Source type drop-down list, select Spectrum.
  7. Click Browse to select the spectrum file, then click Open to add the file to the source.
  8. Click OK.
    The track appears in the Sound Composer window. The track number remains dark orange until you set the required sound control parameters.
  9. To set the sound generation parameters:
    1. click Source control,
    2. set the duration (in seconds),
    3. select a Synthesis method: Hybrid or Inverse FFT.


  10. If you need to add a Filter to the Track, see Adding a Filter to a Track.
  11. If you want to adjust the gain of the track, double-click the dB field and edit the gain value.
The new track is added to the project.
Save the Sound Composer project to save the track in the project file.
Tip: If you want to save the Track as a *.trk file, click .