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Does anyone know how to make this sound? I was told to record 10 sec's of a
1kh sound....what does that mean, and is it something I can make with STP or GB, I have a midi keyboard

G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jan 10, 2006 6:21 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 10, 2006 6:31 PM in response to Chris Fritsche

I think what they want is a test tone used for calibrating your recording with someone else's audio system.

This is a pure sine wave which oscillates at 1,000 cycles per second (1kHz).

There is no way that I know of to do this within GarageBand, but it may be possible with the help of an additional program.

Does anyone know of an application for the Mac that can be used to generate test tones?

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Answer 2

Jan 10, 2006 6:40 PM in response to Wheat Williams

I found something:

Maybe this will help someone else

If you don't have a sound file with a -12dB 1khz sine wave test tone, Audacity can make one for you, go to the "generate" menu and choose "tone." The generator has an odd control for level, not in dB but in increments between 0 and 1, but you can always make the tone, then go to the "effect" menu, "normalize" it, then reduce the gain by 12 dB with the "amplify" effect. Then export that as a .wav file and keep it to insert in future sessions as a reference.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://www.transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.audacity.html

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Answer 3

Scotious

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Jan 10, 2006 7:40 PM in response to Chris Fritsche

http://mdf1.tripod.com/test-tones.html

Download the zip file, open the 1000hz tone in QT, copy and paste 9 times.

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Answer 4

WarriorAnt

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Jan 10, 2006 11:23 PM in response to Scotious

There is an AU i have called "Test Tones" that will deliver test tones in GB. I believe it came in a package of free AU's from MDA. I cannot find the URL though.

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Answer 5

WarriorAnt

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Jan 10, 2006 11:26 PM in response to WarriorAnt

Found it!

http://mda.smartelectronix.com/effects.htm

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