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Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by VirtualMark » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:35 pm

Hey, whats everyones favourite spectrum analyzer? I'm currently trying melda productions manalyzer. Its really good - tons of features, but is quite cpu intensive. Adds about 10% onto cpu usage on a core i7.

This analyzer lets you see the notes that your music is peaking at, and also breaks down a piece of audio into its root frequency. Very useful for me, as i'm still learning what different frequencies sound like, and find it hard to work out keys of different things. I'm hoping in a few years i won't need any help as my ears will be trained, but for now it helps.

So are there any out there like this one? I've tried the rndigital inspector xl, which is a bit dated now. i've also tried the waves analyzer but i don't like it. horrible display, and not many features. and i've tried the flux analyzer, lovely looking but it needs a dongle which i refuse to use just for an analyzer, plus it makes you install the bonjour service, which runs on your system permanently at startup, again i refuse to do that just for a vst.

So what other choices are there? Am i missing a really good one?

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by sunny_b_uk » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:40 am

i use blue cat's freqanalyst, its free, its not intense at all (under 1% cpu for me & 0.0% when there is no sound signal on that channel), its very accurate + you can use the threshold knob to not show certain frequencies on the display that are under a certain level of db. when doing this it shows the peak levels only and makes them dead obvious by making them appear as long narrow cliffs rather than one big hill of the whole spectrum. there are other interesting features on it too e.g. zooming with 1 mouse click and also transparency to fade the vst. id recommend checking it out.

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by Lethargik » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:22 am

roger nichols ixl spectrum analyzer

apparently you can't get it any more, but the bar view in that makes a lot more sense to me than SPAN's and freqanalyst's unevenly spaced out graphs

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by jrisreal » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:32 am

is FL's Wavecandy spectograph any good? I use Voxengo Span, but I'd really like something like wavecandy's spectograph thats free.
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by highgain » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:35 am

I just decided to start using an out of the box plugin to monitor my EQ spectrum

Tried out a few but I've really stuck with fab filter's pro-q for the last month or so.

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by deadly_habit » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:43 am

Lethargik wrote:roger nichols ixl spectrum analyzer

apparently you can't get it any more, but the bar view in that makes a lot more sense to me than SPAN's and freqanalyst's unevenly spaced out graphs
you can it's just under a diff name now
http://www.rndigital.com/inspectorXL.html

and yea this is my personal go to

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by billybuxton » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:54 am

Roger Nichols IXL spectrum analyzer +2

Iv got a spare 19in monitor that i use and i just leave a spectrum analyser on it all the time.
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by synthlf » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:16 am

voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Post by rudebrat » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:20 am

synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by VirtualMark » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:47 am

yeah i've tried the inspector xl before, i really liked it but it doesn't have too many features compared to the melda m-analyzer. i was hoping to find one with similar features but a bit lower cpu. i find the note analysis really useful, it also shows the frequencies on the peaks, plus you can have the sonogram in the background, and switch between 8 views quickly. its the best analyzer i've used, i just don't like it slowing down my system. i suppose its the price to pay for having the features.

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by sunny_b_uk » Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:17 am

i just tried out mAnalyzer and its less than 1% cpu usage for me when using one instance + your computer is definitely a higher spec than mine.. do you mean its 10% when you use it on all your channels in a project?

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by VirtualMark » Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:36 pm

sunny_b_uk wrote:i just tried out mAnalyzer and its less than 1% cpu usage for me when using one instance + your computer is definitely a higher spec than mine.. do you mean its 10% when you use it on all your channels in a project?

yeah it was on a whole project, the cpu jumped up by about 10%. it goes down if i turn the sonogram off(i usually have it slightly transparent in the background). i've emailed them, i'm away from home for a week but i'll try changing setting when i get back. they said it shouldn't take up that much cpu. i forgot to mention that i have super resolution and analytical smoothing checked, i'll try it without and see what its like.

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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by RmoniK » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:32 pm

rudebrat wrote:
synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by jrisreal » Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:55 pm

RmoniK wrote:
rudebrat wrote:
synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by daeMTHAFKNkim » Sun Dec 18, 2011 2:57 am

jrisreal wrote:
RmoniK wrote:
rudebrat wrote:
synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by dmisreal » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:00 am

edison is stock for fl studio the only one i have used tho
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by jrisreal » Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:27 am

dmisreal wrote:edison is stock for fl studio the only one i have used tho
Edison's not a spectrum analyzer
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by Autonation » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:04 am

daeMTHAFKNkim wrote:
jrisreal wrote:
RmoniK wrote:
rudebrat wrote:
synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by dmisreal » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:45 am

jrisreal wrote:
dmisreal wrote:edison is stock for fl studio the only one i have used tho
Edison's not a spectrum analyzer
has one in it
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Re: Favourite spectrum analyzer vsts?

Post by komanderkin » Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:51 am

daeMTHAFKNkim wrote:
jrisreal wrote:
RmoniK wrote:
rudebrat wrote:
synthlf wrote:voxengo span, free AND good :4:
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