Softimage Sound Plugin

Sound Plugin Helpfile

Sound parameters:

Compounds:

	Files
	Caching
	7 Band EQ
	DSP Params
	Options

	Sound Simple
	Cache Simple
	Sound FCurve
	Sound Visual

Files:

Soundfile	Select the soundfile that you want to play.
Start Offset	Here you can set the startposition of the sound. 0 play from start. Example: When the sound should play at 40s from the begining, you must type in 40.000.
End Offset	In this field you can type in the length of the sound. 20.000 means, the sound will play 20s from the "Start Offset". In the example above, the sound will play from 40s - 60s. 0 will play the whole sound.
Preview Sound	With this button you can listen the sound. All settings (Offset, EQ and DSP) will be considered.
End Preview	Stops the preview.
Cachefile	The cachefile to load for the "Simple Cache Coumpound".

Caching:

Filename	The name of the cachefile you will save.
Frames	Number of Frames you want to cache. When you use the "Frame Offset" in the "Simple Cache Compound" you should add the offset to the frames.
Frame Rate	The framerate from the final animation.
Sample Size	Number of samples. The same you use in the "Simple Sound Compound" Min = 6. Max = 13.
Parameter	The Data you want to cache.
Cache!	Start the caching.

7 Band EQ:

Enable All	Enable all EQ´s.
Enable	Enable the current EQ.
Hz	Frequency center. Min = 20.0. Max = 22000.0.
Bandwidth	Octave range around the center frequency to filter. Min = 0.2. Max = 5.0.
Gain	Frequency Gain. Min = 0.05. Max = 3.0. Value of 1 hast no effect.

DSP Params:

Enable All	Enable all DSP ´s.
Enable	Enable the current DSP.
Cutoff Hz	Cutoff frequency in hz. 1.0 to output 22000.0.
Q	Resonance Q value. For highpass Min = 1.0. Max = 10.0. For lowpass Min = 0.0. Max = 127.0.

Options:

FMod Error Log	Enable or disable the error log of FMod
Enable Hardware	Enable Hardware mixing. Some effects, as DSP´s or EQ´s could´t work with Hardware.

Sound Simple:

Input:
Enable	Enable or disable the Compound.
Inverse	Invert the Outputarray. That mean, it reversed the array. Example: Array[0] = Array[2047] / Array[2047] = Array[0] Array[1] = Array[2046] / Array[2046] = Array[1]
Sample Power	Must be a power of 2. (ie 128/256/512 etc). Range for oscillation. Min = 2 (4 Samples). Max = 14 (16384 Samples). Range for spectrum. Min = 6 (64 Samples). Max = 13 (8192 Samples).
Output Modus	Either oscillation or spectrum
Spectrum Modus	List of windowing methods used in spectrum analysis to reduce leakage / transient signals intefering with the analysis. Possible methods are: Rectangle, Triangel, Hamming, Hanning, Blackman, BlackmanHarris.
Oscillation Offset	Changes the zero crossing point.

Output:
No of Samples	Output the number of samples. Related to the "Sample Power". Example: "Sample Power" is 9 then "No of Samples" is 512.
Channel Left	Outputs an array with lenght "No of Samples" for the left channel. Example: "Sample Power" is 11, then the array has an lenght of 2048.
Channel Right	The same as above for the right channel.

Cache Simple:

Input:
Enable	Enable or disable the Compound.
Global Time	Here you can enable the "Global Time". That means, that the time is starting, when you start the playback. Otherwise the time will started at frame 2.
Frame Offset	The offset which frame are readed from the cache.

Output:
No of Samples	Output the number of samples. Related to the "Sample Power". Example: "Sample Power" is 9 then "No of Samples" is 512.
Channel Left Oscillation	Outputs an oscillation array with lenght "No of Samples" for the left channel. Example: "Sample Power" is 11, then the array has an lenght of 2048.
Channel Right Oscillation	The same as above for the right channel.
Channel Left Spectrum	Outputs an spectrum array with lenght "No of Samples" for the left channel.
Channel Right Oscillation	The same as above for the right channel.

Sound FCurve :

Input:
Bypass	Bypass the output data to the original input data
Samples In	Here you can plug in the output "No of Samples" from the "Sound Simple" or "Cache Simple"
Channel Left In	In this port you should plugged the output channel left from the compounds above.
Channel Right In	The same for the other channel

Output:
No of Samples	Output the number of samples from the input "Samples In"
Channel Left Out	Outputs the array from "Channel Left In" with the use of an FCurve. Dobbleclick the compound to setting up the FCurve. Both channels have the same FCurve.
Channel Right Out	The same as above for the right channel.

Sound Visual :

Input:
Enable	Enable or disable the Compound.
Samples In	Here you can plug in the output "No of Samples" from the "Sound FCurve", "Sound Simple" or "Cache Simple"
Channel Left In	In this port you should plugged the output channel left from the compounds above
Channel Right In	The same for the other channel

Output:
Execute	This Execute should be plugged in a ICE-Tree port.