[LAU] "spyder" for audio data analysis, etc?

Hello, Has anyone here used "spyder" https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder for audio file data analysis, manipulation or algorithm development? If so, was your experience with spyder productive? What I'm *NOT* looking for are point tools. I know about, and have used, many a tool to create time plots, spectrograms, and frequency plots. My motivation is to learn a bit more about audio processing theory, and I'm looking for tools that will help me explore. What piqued my interest was last year's March issue of IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. For instance, there's a fun article on melody extraction from polyphonic audio at this link: https://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/pubs/SalGER14-melody.pdf Thanks. PS: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/developing-your-own-scientific-python-c… -- Kevin