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Audio Visualization Component (QSSP) |
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Totally Hip is proud to announce the release of our new Audio Visualizations QuickTime component (QSSP). The Audio Visualization component allows viewers to visualize audio in the form of a spectrogram, waveform, or spectrum analyzer. The Audio Visualization component will be incorporated into Totally Hip's LiveStage Professional -- the leading QuickTime 6 authoring environment.
"The new QuickTime QSSP component is an extremely useful tool for visualizing acoustic signals in real time. It can handle both audio or video with audio files with equal aplomb. By providing both waveform and spectrogram views, and allowing the user to set axis scales, spectrogram settings such as brightness, bandwidth, and contrast, and any of a variety of color mappings, this new tool is highly customizable to the needs of different end users.
"The ability to store and retrieve annotations linked to specific mark in/mark out points will make it a superior delivery environment for any rich media archive. I can easily see QSSP becoming the standard for scientific sound visualization and annotation of rich media on all platforms."
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Dr. Jack W. Bradbury, Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology & Director, The Macaulay Library Cornell University Lab of Ornithology |
The Audio Visualizations components were developed for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Macaulay Library & Bioacoustics Research Program. The Lab is a non-profit membership institution whose mission is to interpret and conserve the earth's biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
The Audio Visualizations component (QSSP) is available for download today from the Totally Hip website at: http://www.totallyhip.com/components/qssp/download/
For more information about the Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Macauly
Library & Bioacoustics Research Program, please visit: http://www.birds.cornell.edu
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To see the QSSP component in use visit: http://www.animalbehaviorarchive.org. Located within those pages you'll find some great examples of audio visualizations in use and what can be accomplished with the upcoming release of LiveStage Professional. |
For a detailed technical description of the Audio Visualizations components please refer to the Reference Manual that is available at Totally Hip's website at: http://www.totallyhip.com/components/qssp/
An updated version of LiveStage Professional that allows for authoring using the Audio Visualizations component will be made available in September 2005. This version will be a free update for existing users of LiveStage Profssional 4.5. This offer gives users the opportunity to purchase and learn how to use LiveStage Professional today and prepare for the release of the LiveStage Professional update containing the authoring capabilities of the Audio Visualizations component.
QuickTime 7 & Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger)
Did you know that LiveStage Professional 4.5 allows you to take advantage of QuickTime 7? You can create interactive presentations working with pristine quality video using H.264, surround sound, and much more. Due to LiveStage's integration with QuickTime all of these features are automatically and immediately available for you to use.
Want to find out more about QuickTime 7? Check out Apple's QuickTime 7 info page at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
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Have you upgraded to Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, world's most advanced operating
system? If so, you'll want to be sure to download the LiveStage
Professional 4.5.4 update.
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New knowledge base articles & resources
Movie Rate Slider
Ever wanted to allow movie viewers to change the playback speed of a
movie? We've just uploaded some sample code to allow you to do this
easily. You can adjust the speed of a movie by dragging a slider bar with a minimum and maximum value being set within your sprite. This sample code also includes a snapping feature so that users can easily return to the normal playback speed. This feature will compliment the new QuickTime 7 sound pitch adjustment feature, allowing you to speed up your movie without getting the "chipmunk effect".
Click here to view the resource.
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Text Track Time Code Display
Want to display the current running time of a movie? Use our new sample code to show a time code display. Be sure to keep in mind that text renders differently across different platforms, so be sure to do a platform check and adjust your text accordingly.
Click here to view the resource.
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Component Detection
We've recently uploaded a snippet of code to help with component detection. If your planning on utilizing either the QSXE or the QSSP components, you should become familiar with this as QuickTime no longer supports automatic detection and installation of components.
Click here to view the article.
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LiveSlideShow 3 Overview Movie
Now available for online viewing is an overview of how to get started with LiveSLideShow 3. From adding buttons, sounds and images this is a great starting point for any newbie.
Click here to view the article.
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Visit http://www.stagedoor.totallyhip.com for more articles and resources.
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Showcase
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Aimee Mann
Preview the new studio album by Aimee Mann, this movie uses chapter listings to navigate between songs with sychronized slides. Authored in LiveStage and utilizing QuickTime playback controls, the project delivers a simple user firendly experience.
Visit the showcase for more examples.
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