spectrum analysers

Froombosch · 5th July 2008, 11:57 AM

I have a spare computer (windows XP) available with a small screen to build my own stand alaone spectrum analyser.

What stand alone program you would recommend??

Harrie

**DrDeltaM** · 5th July 2008, 12:13 PM

Pinguin Audiometer: Pinguin

I've tested several software solutions, and Pinguin turned out to be the best-responding one. All other spectrum analysers looked 'weird' or delayed or simply inaccurate, but Pinguin was fast, looked 'natural' and was accurate.

cichy · 6th July 2008, 09:32 AM

spectralab

STonline

PatrikT · 6th July 2008, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDeltaM

All other spectrum analysers looked 'weird' or delayed or simply inaccurate, but Pinguin was fast, looked 'natural' and was accurate.

How can one tell that a spectrum anal-iser is accurate?

"Natural"?

BRGRDS
Patrik

**DrDeltaM** · 6th July 2008, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatrikT

How can one tell that a spectrum anal-iser is accurate?

"Natural"?

BRGRDS
Patrik

I know this is strange to describe, which is why i used the quote-signs. I can only recommend you to try several spectrum analysers out for yourself. You'll see most simply don't feel/look right, while the Pinguin does...

FWIW, the others I tried were Spectrafoo and Spectre.

WBM · 6th July 2008, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froombosch

I have a spare computer (windows XP) available with a small screen to build my own stand alaone spectrum analyser.

What stand alone program you would recommend??

Harrie

I will recommend you to sell or keep your PC and buy an old mac with mac osx G4 it will do it and they going for $100 on ebay, and buy a real program spectrafoo complete made by metric halo on mac only if you do mastering, precision metering is a must in this area.

Froombosch · 7th July 2008, 11:11 AM

I'll try Spectrafoo and Penguin. Is there soem emulation software to emulate a mac on a windows machine??

Harrie

Paul Gold · 7th July 2008, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDeltaM

You'll see most simply don't feel/look right, while the Pinguin does...

I know someone who did the same thing. His reqirement was accurate real time response. He tried numerous software and a few expensive lab type hardware boxes. The only one that felt right was the Pinguin. If you look at the site the design goal was real time metering and not all the other stuff that the other programs do.

mikeroephonics · 13th July 2008, 05:57 AM

This one is really nice. It doesn't cost an arm and a leg, either. SchOPE:
schOPE | Stillwell Audio - It's About The Sound

Lagerfeldt · 13th July 2008, 07:44 AM

BTW the two latest Waves updates messes with the frequency display in the PAZ analyzer.

What's the best AU analyzer out there at the moment?

steffen · 13th July 2008, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lagerfeldt

BTW the two latest Waves updates messes with the frequency display in the PAZ analyzer.

What's the best AU analyzer out there at the moment?

maybe spectre? Audiofile Engineering - Spectre

afaik you are logic user, so can stream audio to the app via AU netsend plugin easily

I´ve spectre running on a dedicated minimac with 8" display
on my daw mac I run audiohijack which streams the audio from
the forground application (itunes, cubase, peak) to the spectre minimac over ethernet

tomasrangel · 13th July 2008, 03:08 PM

Spectralab is the one i know. can be very fast. but im in doubt about the efficience.
Pinguin looks great.

Greg Reierson · 13th July 2008, 03:23 PM

Voxengo SPAN is free.

Voxengo

GR

Lagerfeldt · 13th July 2008, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steffen

maybe spectre? Audiofile Engineering - Spectre

afaik you are logic user, so can stream audio to the app via AU netsend plugin easily

I´ve spectre running on a dedicated minimac with 8" display
on my daw mac I run audiohijack which streams the audio from
the forground application (itunes, cubase, peak) to the spectre minimac over ethernet

Thanks but I'd really prefer a plug-in. It does look nice though I and did consider it some time ago.

timbreman · 14th July 2008, 01:04 AM

I really like Inspector and it's free.

Andreas G · 14th July 2008, 09:22 AM

Hey Lagerfeldt, what about a nice danish plugin?

Tranny-Cap-Tube · 14th July 2008, 09:40 AM

I use the analyzer in wavelab on my laptop. Love it.

Lagerfeldt · 14th July 2008, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andreas G

Hey Lagerfeldt, what about a nice danish plugin?

Woah, I didn't know Peter did plug-ins. Did he program it himself?

Price $199 hm..? Is it a joke since there's no way to pay for it?

Andreas G · 14th July 2008, 01:32 PM

I'm testing this plugin right now – just found it in the internet.
To purchase it you have to click on the "Mark's" Logo on the plugin.

twwalsh · 14th July 2008, 04:26 PM

I like Voxengo SPAN as well.

henryrobinett · 14th July 2008, 04:35 PM

Spectrafoo Complete is the ticket. I have been using it for years.

PatrikT · 20th July 2008, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

Spectrafoo Complete is the ticket. I have been using it for years.

Ticket to where?

BRGRDS
Patrik

henryrobinett · 20th July 2008, 01:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PatrikT

Ticket to where?

BRGRDS
Patrik

Ticket to Ride, where else?

tmcconnell · 20th July 2008, 06:19 AM

I have 3 or 4 spectrum analyzers and use them a lot building hi fi equipment, and treating my rooms, etc.

1) They all work basically the same way using "buckets" and fft. The only real difference between the softwares are the features and the UI. In today's world even an old computer has plenty of cycles for real time stereo in 5 hz buckets 20-20k.

2) If there are inaccuracies they will likely be the mic or the pre.

3) The most important features are hold time, signal generators with lots of flexibility, and ways to examine things over the time domain and freq domain at the same time. A lot depends on what you do. Its also nice to be able to "record" or use real time, and use hi res playback of recorded material where you can use as manay cycles as needed to do whatever job is needed.

4) My favorite for a quick read - and its free but you have to have rme converters - is rme digicheck. Its fast, reliable, clean, and has some great features for looking at inbound bit error rates etc.

5) For general purpose, my next favorite is Pioneer Hill Spectra plus. It has lots of nice displays, lots of flex on bucketing and algorithms (blackman, hamming, etc), distortion stats, phase, time domain, etc.

All the others I have (Waves, Samplituse FFT analyser, etc) have little issues that bug me but I won't get into them. I'll use the Samplitude analyzer when I am in a Samp track and just need to check something.

bcgood · 20th July 2008, 07:20 AM

My favorite is the stock spectrum analyzer that comes with Adobe Audition. Very powerful and yet very underrated except for in movie post production.

kzkingsley · 20th July 2008, 08:34 AM

i love using audition's spectrum analyzer to check out music. is it real time? i've never really explored that part.

not really related to the thread, but if you're a winamp user you should check out a plugin called "classic spectrum analyzer". it is absolutely wonderful and now that visualization is built-in on the bento skin it fits seamlessly in the skin.

bcgood · 20th July 2008, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kzkingsley

i love using audition's spectrum analyzer to check out music. is it real time?

Yes it is as real as real time get's, relatively speaking.

w_stylz · 20th July 2008, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Froombosch

I'll try Spectrafoo and Penguin. Is there soem emulation software to emulate a mac on a windows machine??

Harrie

Yeah as long as the Mac you are trying to emulate is an Apple IIC - LOL!

PatrikT · 20th July 2008, 12:12 PM

What anal-iser tells you to drop 1 dB at 650 Hz with a BW of 3 octaves?

BRGRDS
Patrik

pmx · 20th July 2008, 08:07 PM

Quote:

What anal-iser tells you to drop 1 dB at 650 Hz with a BW of 3 octaves?

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5th July 2008, 11:57 AM	#1
Froombosch Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Froombosch Posts: 381	spectrum analysers I have a spare computer (windows XP) available with a small screen to build my own stand alaone spectrum analyser. What stand alone program you would recommend?? Harrie __________________ Harrie Munnik Studio Froombosch on My Space

5th July 2008, 12:13 PM	#2
DrDeltaM Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 3,532	Pinguin Audiometer: Pinguin I've tested several software solutions, and Pinguin turned out to be the best-responding one. All other spectrum analysers looked 'weird' or delayed or simply inaccurate, but Pinguin was fast, looked 'natural' and was accurate. __________________ Mathijs Indesteege aka Mathew Lane mixing - mastering - audio restoration - plugins http://www.mathewlane.com Digital Audio Product Support Joystick Audio - Benelux High End Distributor http://www.joystick.be

7th July 2008, 11:11 AM	#7
Froombosch Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Froombosch Posts: 381	I'll try Spectrafoo and Penguin. Is there soem emulation software to emulate a mac on a windows machine?? Harrie __________________ Harrie Munnik Studio Froombosch on My Space

13th July 2008, 07:44 AM	#10
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13th July 2008, 05:57 AM	#9
mikeroephonics Gear interested Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Davenport, Iowa Posts: 25	This one is really nice. It doesn't cost an arm and a leg, either. SchOPE: schOPE \| Stillwell Audio - It's About The Sound

13th July 2008, 03:08 PM	#12
tomasrangel Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Posts: 47	Spectralab is the one i know. can be very fast. but im in doubt about the efficience. Pinguin looks great.

13th July 2008, 03:23 PM	#13
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14th July 2008, 09:22 AM	#16
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20th July 2008, 06:19 AM	#24
tmcconnell Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 300	Several thoughts I have 3 or 4 spectrum analyzers and use them a lot building hi fi equipment, and treating my rooms, etc. 1) They all work basically the same way using "buckets" and fft. The only real difference between the softwares are the features and the UI. In today's world even an old computer has plenty of cycles for real time stereo in 5 hz buckets 20-20k. 2) If there are inaccuracies they will likely be the mic or the pre. 3) The most important features are hold time, signal generators with lots of flexibility, and ways to examine things over the time domain and freq domain at the same time. A lot depends on what you do. Its also nice to be able to "record" or use real time, and use hi res playback of recorded material where you can use as manay cycles as needed to do whatever job is needed. 4) My favorite for a quick read - and its free but you have to have rme converters - is rme digicheck. Its fast, reliable, clean, and has some great features for looking at inbound bit error rates etc. 5) For general purpose, my next favorite is Pioneer Hill Spectra plus. It has lots of nice displays, lots of flex on bucketing and algorithms (blackman, hamming, etc), distortion stats, phase, time domain, etc. All the others I have (Waves, Samplituse FFT analyser, etc) have little issues that bug me but I won't get into them. I'll use the Samplitude analyzer when I am in a Samp track and just need to check something.

20th July 2008, 07:20 AM	#25
bcgood Lives for gear Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: West Coast Posts: 2,803	My favorite is the stock spectrum analyzer that comes with Adobe Audition. Very powerful and yet very underrated except for in movie post production. __________________ bcgood

20th July 2008, 08:34 AM	#26
kzkingsley Gear Head Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 73	i love using audition's spectrum analyzer to check out music. is it real time? i've never really explored that part. not really related to the thread, but if you're a winamp user you should check out a plugin called "classic spectrum analyzer". it is absolutely wonderful and now that visualization is built-in on the bento skin it fits seamlessly in the skin.

20th July 2008, 12:12 PM	#29
PatrikT Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 166	What anal-iser tells you to drop 1 dB at 650 Hz with a BW of 3 octaves? BRGRDS Patrik

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