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Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst
"What you cannot hear, Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst shows it to you, for free!"

Description

Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Real Time Spectrum Analyzer DirectX and VST Plugin (Freeware)

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.

Price: Freeware
Supported Platforms: Windows-VST / Windows-DirectX
Included in Bundle: Free Pack

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.
  • Undo/Redo.
  • Import/Export presets and share them between the directX and VST versions.
Blue Cat Audio Standards:
  • Native DSP code for optimal performance.
  • Skinnable user interface.
  • DirectX and VST plug-in formats support.
  • 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.
  • Any sample rate supported.

Screenshots

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Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Mono Version for Optimal CPU usage Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Independant L/R Spectrum Display Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Manage the Transparency of the Plugin Window Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Zooming Capability Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst - Real Time Spectrum Analyzer DirectX and VST Plugin (Freeware)

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User Comments & Reviews

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

Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst was granted the '100% FREE Award' by Softpedia - Click here for more information

"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
- www.softpedia.com

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System Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows XP or Vista.
  • Any DirectX or VST compatible host software (you can easily find one on www.kvraudio.com)
  • Note to Sony software users (Sony Vegas, Soundforge...): please follow this Sony DXi tutorial in order to be able to use the DirectX version.

Versions History >subscribe to our newsletter

2007/10/18

V1.1

  • Undo/Redo.
  • Load/Save presets in a host-independent format: you can now share presets between the directX and VST versions.
  • New toolbar to access main functionalities.
  • Improved skin loading speed.
  • Improved user interface performance.
  • Reduced memory consumption when using several instances.
  • It is now possible to choose wether displayed curves are filled or not.
  • Improved the display of parameters values in the MIDI settings panel and the host application.
  • Bug fix (VST): when loading a project or changing presets, some host applications could hang.
2007/01/22

V1.0

First version.
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