The Xtras Compared
Which xtra to use?
Use the Amplitude Xtra if you want to:
• do animations in synch with the loudness (amplitude) of sound
or music.
• lip-sync animated characters to spoken dialog
• draw sound waveforms
Use the AmplitudePro Xtra if you want to:
• do anything you can do with the Amplitude Xtra, plus...
• create frequency-based visualizations of sounds using normal Director
sprites, imaging Lingo or Shockwave 3D.
• synchronize animations to frequency values.
• create graphical EQ displays.
The following table lists the features available in each xtra.
Feature |
Amplitude Xtra |
Amplitude Pro Xtra |
| Process amplitude data |
Yes |
Yes |
| Process spectrum data |
No |
Yes |
| Normalize sound data |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mono/Stereo sound processing |
Yes |
Yes |
| dB scaling of amplitude data |
Yes |
Yes |
| Smoothing of amplitude data |
Yes |
Yes |
| Streaming audio support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Shockwave safe |
Yes |
Yes |
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