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NAME

       freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation

SYNOPSIS

       freqtweak [-h] [ -c <num> ] [ -i <str> ] [ -o <str> ] [ -n <str> ] [ -D
       <str> ] [ -p <str> ] [ -r <str> ]

DESCRIPTION

       freqtweak is a graphical tool for realtime audio spectral  manipulation
       and  display.  It provides several algorithms for processing audio data
       in the frequency domain and a highly interactive GUI to manipulate each
       associated  filter.  It also provides high-resolution spectral displays
       in the form of scrolling-raster spectrograms and  energy  vs  frequency
       plots displaying both pre and post-processed spectra.

       Freqtweak  is a jack client. You need to have jackd running in order to
       get sound input and output with freqtweak.

MOUSE CONTROL

       The processing filters are controlled through mouse operations on  each
       filter GUI window. The possible operations are:

       Left  button click/drag to draw filters. If Control is down, the y-axis
       is fixed at the last cursor location (to draw nice  horizontal  lines).
       If Control and Alt are down you can draw nice arbitrary straight lines.

       Right button drag to move filters around in space.   The  filters  wrap
       around  the  left/right  edges  unless you hold down Control.  Dragging
       with both left and right buttons down on the GUI for the Gate processor
       moves both the primary and the alternate filter together.

       Holding  Shift  modifies  the alternate filter (on double filter graphs
       like Gate) for the previous operations.

       Middle-button pops up frequency axis menu.

       Ctrl-Alt right-click resets a filter to default values.

       Shift-Ctrl-Alt left-drag zooms in on the y axis.  Look  at  the  status
       bar  to  see  the  values  for  the cursor itself and the values of the
       filter at the cursor’s frequency.

       Shift-Ctrl-Alt right-click release resets the Y-zoom to full.

       The B and BA buttons mean Bypass and Bypass All respectively.

       The L and LA buttons mean Link and Link All respectively.

       The  G  and  GS  buttons  mean  Toggle  Grid  and  Toggle   Grid   Snap
       respectively.

OPTIONS

       This  program  follows  the  usual  GNU  command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two  dashes  (‘-’).   A  summary  of  options  is
       included below.

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -c <num>, --channels=<num>
              Processing channels (1-4). Default is 2.

       -i <str>, --inputs=<str>
              Connect inputs from these jack ports (separate each channel with
              commas).  Defaults to ’alsa_pcm:capture_1,...’

       -o <str>, --outputs=<str>
              Connect outputs to these jack ports (separate each channel  with
              commas).  Defaults to ’alsa_pcm:playback_1,...’

       -n <str>, --jack-name=<str>
              Jack name. Default is freqtweak_1.

       -D <str>, --tmpdir=<str>
              Jack server tmp directory (should match jackd --tmpdir).

       -p <str>, --preset=<str>
              Load the given preset initially.

       -r <str>, --rc-dir=<str>
              Specifies  what  directory to use for run-control state. Default
              is ~/.freqtweak.

EXAMPLES

       Here is an example of using freqtweak with an alsaplayer feeding it and
       output   going  to  speakers  (alsa_pcm:out_?)  without  using  a  JACK
       patchbay:

       Start freqtweak first with this command line:

       freqtweak -n ft &

       Then start alsaplayer like so:

       alsaplayer -o jack -d ft:in_1,ft:in_2 &

SEE ALSO

       jackd(1), jack_connect(1), jack_lsp(1)

AUTHOR

       Freqtweak  was  written   and   is   maintained   by   Jesse   Chappell
       <jesse@essej.net>.

       This   manual   page   was   created   by   Enrique   Robledo  Arnuncio
       <era@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system, using text  from  the
       README file by Jesse Chappell.

                               February 11, 2003