[13:53:14] <eLe> synth
[13:53:17] <eLe> Wanna see something cool
[13:53:44] <eLe> In your foobar2000, go to "Add location", and then enter "tone://5000,10"
[13:53:47] <eLe> Then playback the entry
[13:53:57] <eLe> Better turn up the volume so you hear good

I don't know if I should...what does this do?

This is the built-in tone generator.
5000 means 5 kHz, 10 means ten seconds. Feel free to try other frequencies.

Be warned, at 5000Hz it will produce a very loud, high pitched constant noise. DO NOT turn up the volume like suggested.

I turned my volume pretty low and tried it, based on what Zoch said.

Thanks.

You can also try something like sweep://100-5000,20 (a sweep from 100Hz to 5000Hz which lasts for 20 seconds.)

I just found out that sweep://100-250,10 sounds spooky.

very interesting!

Is there anything else undocumented like this?

..And does anyone have a chart that maps notes to these kHz ranges? Thanks. :]

Interesting indeed.

The A below middle C is 440Hz, so double that for every octave. If you search around the message board someone had an exact formula for every note.

what is the goal of this exercise?

Fuck, my ears


I wish my cat was still alive, it would enjoy this experimentation.

Edit: Fock, 15k. I actually have a headache now.

Strangely addictive though...Ima leave it on when I go out >.>


Edit 2: Okay, get unsuspecting person in the room, turn it up high and hide the volume control and play this to them sweep://10-15000,100

In the last 40 secs it really really hurts.

Oh my god it just made some radio noise shit :S

Not undocumented. Check out (in 0.8.3) Preferences|Playback|Input|Standard Inputs|Tone/Silence generator.

You mean this one?

(Original Frequency)*2^[(Number of Tones Above O.F.)/12] = (New Frequency)

water droplet
sweep://440-1660,.05

Pac Man (playlist)
sweep://440-1660,.05
sweep://1660-440,.05
sweep://440-1660,.05
sweep://1660-440,.05
sweep://440-1660,.05
sweep://1660-440,.05
sweep://440-1660,.05
sweep://1660-440,.05

Couldn't you make entire songs just by putting all the notes in a .fpl playlist? That'd make it easy for people to get..

Interesting. Could this be used with Diskwriter? I already spent $20 on a software that generates tones for the purpose of diagnosing old, busted Maggies.

yep, works fine converting to wav etc...

Bookmarked, in case I get really bored over Summer...

tone:// and silence://, yes. But not sweep://