Project Description
The WPF Sound Visualization Library is a collection of WPF Controls for graphically displaying data related to sound processing. Current controls include a Spectrum Analyzer, Waveform Timeline, and an Album Art Display Panel.
Controls
Spectrum Analyzer
The Spectrum Analyzer shows sound levels for a given section of the frequency spectrum. Some of the features include:
- Fast-Rendering
- Animated falling peaks
- Support for any source of FFT Data
- Ability to customize frequency ranges, vertical scaling modes, etc.
- Custom style support on bar and peak elements
- Much more…
Stereo Waveform Timeline
The Waveform Timeline is a control that allows the user to view level data across the entire audio stream. Some of the features include:
- BitmapCached rendering with the ability to automatically scale.
- Ability to create a repeat region with a mouse drag.
- Four distinct regions (timeline, waveform, progress, and repeat overlay) that are capable of being customized in the control template.
Album Art Display
The album art display is just eye candy to display album art cover images inside a CD-jewel cases. It gives a sense of nostalgia to those of us who are old enough to have purchased music before online purchases dominated!
More Coming Soon!
Support For Templates/Themes
Each of the Controls has support for custom control templates using the standard WPF “PART_” convention. Take a look at the demo application for examples of how different themes can be implemented.
About Sound Libraries
All of the Controls are agnostic of any individual sound library and provide interfaces to get at the data they need. The source comes with one example that works with BASS and
BASS.NET and another example that works with
NAudio. But, you can use any library you want. See the documentation for more information on choosing a Sound Library.
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