Understanding a waveform.

[HeavyMetal]

I never thought of it as hard. But I have weird ears. Fun fact I discoverd mute on a television is actually just the lowest possible volume not a switch off of the speakers. See what I mean.

Anyway when you listen to a wave watch it as well. Highlight different parts in Audacity and listen to them. You'll figure it out after a little while.

Here are a few generic tips. These differ between styles of music.

Deep beats like bass drums and bass guitars cause sudden drops in the spikes or a hump like squiggly shape.

High guitar notes create quick short spikes.

Guitar slides create a sudden spike that trails off.

Cymbal clashes usually are a thick spike when loud, or a small triangular spike when soft.

Voices tends to make more of a hump or sqiggle rather then a spike or drop.

One more thing, when using Audacity if the right or left track is unclear, dont forget to look at the other one.

Pay attention when you edit and you will have no trouble James Sharp.

You should definitely learn a little music it will help you a great deal.

[Kaji01]

Man, I remember seeing the waveform for "The Bullet's Breath" when browsing Doki's site while waiting for the release of LSG...hehehe...Personally, I look for the spikes and time to the drumbeats as a rule for starting out, although during solos I'll switch to important beats in the guitar/bass line