Description
Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst is a free spectrum analyzer plugin that lets you monitor the spectral content of your audio signal in real time. It has been designed to provide extreme smoothness and high resolution for both time and frequency: unlike most spectrum analyzers, Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst is able to display continuous variations even with a very high frequency resolution, thanks to its unique smooth interpolation algorithms.
Most aspects of the audio to frequency display conversion can be managed, which lets you total control over the monitoring. A special thresholding system has been developed to help you see the important parts of the spectrum easily. In case you need extra precision in a particular frequency range, you can zoom the display and check the part of the graph you are interested in.
As shown in the screenshots, you can use the new opacity management feature to make the plug-in window transparent and see what is behind: forget about your multiple display setup, you do not need it anymore! You can now check the spectrum of your mix and see your audio tracks behind. This feature is also particularly useful when you want to compare the spectrum of two tracks: just stack your two FreqAnalyst windows and see the difference!
This plug-in supports Blue Cat's skinning language, so that you can customize the user interface to your personal needs.
For more advanced capabilities, check Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Pro plugin, an extended version that offers many more features, such as saving/restoring curves, precise measurement tools, spectrogram view, MIDI output, better performance... For multiple tracks analysis, you can use Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Multi plugin.
Main Features
- Mono and stereo real time spectrum analyzer.
- Total control over the audio to frequencies tranformation.
- Smart interpolation algorithm for extreme display smoothness.
- Zoomable display.
- The user interface can be made transparent.
- Custom absolute and relative threshold.
- Supported platforms: Mac-AU, Mac-RTAS, Mac-VST, Windows-DX, Windows-RTAS, Windows-VST, Win x64-DX, Win x64-VST.
- Native DSP code for optimal performance.
- Skinnable user interface.
- Smooth Update: silent (zipper-free) parameters update.
- Full automation support (all parameters can be automated, with smooth and continuous update)
- No CPU load on idle: when the plugin is fed with silence, the processing smoothly shuts down, to optimize the CPU usage of your Digital Audio Workstation.
- Real time MIDI control with advanced settings (MIDI channel and CC numbers, with complete response curve control) and MIDI learn.
- Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
- Undo/Redo.
- Import/Export presets in a host independent format.
- Any sample rate supported.
Screenshots
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You can find more skins for this product here.
User Comments & Reviews
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"Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst has been tested by the Softpedia labs and found to be completely clean of adware/spyware components. We are impressed with the quality of your product and encourage you to keep this high standards in the future." "100% FREE award" granted by Softpedia - |
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System Requirements
PC
- Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.
- Any DirectX or VST compatible host software (see our FAQ)
Mac
- An Intel or PowerPC processor.
- Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6).
- Any VST or Audio Unit compatible application.
Versions History 
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| 2010/01/30 | V1.5 |
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| 2009/11/20 | V1.4 |
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| 2009/09/21 | V1.3 |
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| 2009/05/05 | V1.21 |
| Mac VST update: fixed incompatibility issues with Cubase 5 on Mac. | |
| 2009/02/03 | V1.2 |
| Mac Audio Unit Support. | |
| 2008/11/21 | V1.2 |
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| 2007/10/18 | V1.1 |
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| 2007/01/22 | V1.0 |
| First version. |
Blue Cat strikes again with another quality product! [...] I really enjoyed this one on the last mix-down I had to do. It did a nice job and was pretty accurate.
Jean-Patrice Remillard, www.pheek.com