Frequency Shift

With frequency shifting, a a constant value is added to the frequency of each component of a signal, so that (harmonic) relationships between signal components are not preserved. If a signal is shifted up by 1.5KHz, the resulting signal will have components whose frequencies are 2.5KHz, 3.5KHz, and 6.5KHz. We have seen that the manipulation of time/frequency regions allow to shift portions of spectrum – snippets – instead of transposing them, but this is done unilateraly. In AS, frequency shift also exist as a treatment, and can be applied with a constant value, or dynamically.

Once a constant value has been specified, the BPF can be edited like any other BPF.

To modify its parameters, select the first point or add new points. The parametric values will be displayed in the Inspector and can be modified according to the usual procedures

A horn, playing a 260 Hz C₃ is frequency shifted with changing values, which can be in harmonic relationship or not with the fundamental. The sonogram analysis shows that the original harmonic relationship is not preserved. When the value is a multiple of the original F₀, the result is rather harmonic. When not, the sound becomes close to the produce of a frequency modulation.