Tuning Vusic for Beats

If Vusic does not appear to be responding to beats effectively, then try the following adjustments:


Changing the Listening Frequency

To change the listening frequency, open the Frequency panel by selecting "Frequency..." from the Settings popup menu. You will see a spectrograph that displays the amplitudes for a range of frequencies from 20 to 524 hertz. The spectrograph will animate if music is playing and Vusic is listening to an active sound channel. The slider beneath the spectrograph indicates the current listening frequency that Vusic is using to filter the beats. You can study the spectrograph to see the location of the peaks when the beats occur. Drag the slider to the location where the peaks are most prominent.


Making Vusic More Sensitive to the Frequency

Vusic filters out all but the largest peaks when listening to a certain frequency. You can reduce this threshhold by dragging the sensitivity slider in the BEAT METER panel. By dragging the slider to the right, you allow smaller peaks to register as beats. If you drag it too far to the right, you will notice that every minor fluctuation will trigger a beat.


Widening the Frequency Range

The spectrograph is mathematically calculated by analyzing the waveform of the music. A number of sound samples are analyzed to create the graph. The fewer the samples, the more generalized the graph. The advantage of fewer samples is that frequencies don't have to fall within a narrow range. The peaks become much wider. You can adjust the sample size by typing the letter "N" preceded by a number from 1 to 11. The number 1 means that 100 samples are used. The number 11 means that 1100 samples are used. Type "3N" and watch how the spectrograph changes. Then type "9N" and see what happens. The larger the number, the more processing time is needed to perform the calculations. Click the "Default" button to restore the sample size to the factory setting, which is 600 samples.


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