feature request: 360 surround sound visualizer

[Atris-Hayport]

The idea is to visualize the direction a sound is coming from, it probably already exists and I'm being dumb, but being able to visualize what direction sounds are coming from in games is something I've wanted to do for my streams. mainly putting the wave form around my reticle in stream so that people know what sounds I'm reacting to.

If this isn't possible or is done by another program or plug in, please inform me.

[phandasm]

This should technically be possible by setting the channel mode to "single" and creating a separate graph for each channel.
You'd have to piece the layout together by hand, but using radial mode + the "radial arc" option should let you arrange the channels in a circle to help visualize direction.
It won't be super efficient performance-wise, but I don't expect it should be a problem.

Also this only works in frequency spectrum mode, the level meters assume stereo audio.

[Atris-Hayport]

This should technically be possible by setting the channel mode to "single" and creating a separate graph for each channel. You'd have to piece the layout together by hand, but using radial mode + the "radial arc" option should let you arrange the channels in a circle to help visualize direction. It won't be super efficient performance-wise, but I don't expect it should be a problem.

Also this only works in frequency spectrum mode, the level meters assume stereo audio.

Where is this channel mode option? I don't mind putting in the work but I don't know where to begin. Is this something I need to set up in my computer settings?

[phandasm]

It was added in 1.6.0 so if you're using an older version of waveform you'll need to update.

Edit: It's near the top of waveform's settings panel

[Atris-Hayport]

I must have installed it wrong because I cannot find a settings panel, file or option anywhere.

[phandasm]

Do you see "Waveform Visualizer" in your list of sources?
If not, then it's not installed properly, if yes then just add one to your scene, right click it and select "Properties"

[Atris-Hayport]

I see it now, I guess Ill go look up how channels work , thank you for putting up with my technical illiteracy.