Vst Plugin Span Plus
Free quality plugins 2020
SPAN Plus is a real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plug-in for professional music and audio production applications. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality. SPAN Plus is an extended version of the freeware SPAN. Free VST plugin SPAN Voxengo audio spectrum analyzer in Reaper Fast Fourier transform spectrum analyzer Stereo, mid-side, surround spectrum analyzer Stereo c.
The price of software plugins has dropped a lot over the last 10 years. The market is flooded and the amount and quality of free plugins have never been higher. Today almost all audio plugin developers use some of their marketing budgets on downscaled versions of their products for promoting the brand and plugins.
It is competing with expensive plugins on at least a few features; CPU usage not too high Free plugins might not be as optimized as selling plugins; VST 3 format is a plus but not a must; Here are a few of the best free high-quality plugins that we have tested for this article: Valhalla Supermassive from Valhalla DSP - NEW plugin; Voxengo SPAN. Voxengo updates Boogex, SPAN Plus and Elephant and launches Summer 2020 Discount 10 Jul 2020 Voxengo updates free Tube Amp Valve Amplifier Plugin to v2.7 29 Apr 2020 Voxengo updates OldSkoolVerb to v2.6 and Marvel GEQ to v1.7 23 Apr 2020 Voxengo updates LF Max Punch to v1.9 30 Mar 2020 Voxengo updates free SPAN to v3.8 24 Mar 2020 Voxengo releases CRTIV Shumovick - Creative.
Regularly priced $44.95 USD, SPAN Plus is available from Plugin Boutique at a 25% discount until September 1st, 2020, as part of a Summer Sale. The plugin comes in VST/VST3, AU and AAX formats. More information: Voxengo. Save 30% off the entire range of Voxengo's professional and versatile plugins for mixing & mastering, including Curve EQ, Voxengo SPAN Plus, Voxengo Elephant and more. Deal - 70% off 14 Dec.
But can you make 'professional' sounding mixes with free plugins? The answer is yes!
What makes a good free plugin:
- It does not sound 'free'
- It is competing with expensive plugins on at least a few features
- CPU usage not too high
- Free plugins might not be as optimized as selling plugins
- VST 3 format is a plus but not a must
Here are a few of the best free high-quality plugins that we have tested for this article:
- Valhalla Supermassive from Valhalla DSP - NEW plugin
- Voxengo SPAN
- OrilRiver Reverb
- Softtube The Knob
- TAL Chorus LX
- Xfer Records OTT Multiband Compressor
The plugins explained
The plugins are list in random order and not by rank. They are all good plugins for different sounds and mixing purposes.
Valhalla Supermassive
Valhalla Supermassive is a new free reverb plugin from Valhalla DSP. It is a new design with delays and reverbs and has a unique Warp feature for interesting sounds. It has fewer controls than the plugins from Valhalla for sale.
Valhalla Supermassive delay and reverb plugin
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This plugin is built on valuable knowledge and probably a tested framework used in the products for sale which gives the user a lot for the zero money.
Like in Vintageverb and Room the modes have names
OrilRiver Reverb
This is one of the better sounding free reverbs. No low quality ringing and it has a nice diffusion. It does not quite have the pro feel of Supermasssive but still a good free tool for a good reverb.
The GUI looks ok though 'free' but it still easy to dial in what you want.
The early reflection and variations- and reverb variation names are just 'Variation x'. In Supermassive at least they have names.
Voxengo SPAN
This is one of the best free metering plugins there is. It is frequently updated and has the metering you need for a modern music production setup.
Voxengo SPAN free analyzer and metering plugin
This metering plugin has all the basics:
- Analyzer display
- RMS
- Peak
- Correlation
- MS spectrum analyzer
- Crest factors
- Different scales like K-12 and K-14
The contesters on the expensive pro-market are: Download vudu to go mac.
- Izotope Insight 2
- Flux Pure Analyzer
- Steinberg Wavelab
The Knob saturation plugin
The knob is a simple one-knob saturation plugin with 3 modes. It creates pleasant saturation to distortion for different kinds of material.
Softtube The Knob plugin
This is a loud plugin and an output control would have been nice but like most free plugins, there often is a nag. The missing output control can be overcome with a trim plugin after in the plugin chain.
Xfer Records OTT Compressor
ITT is a different plugin. It is a multiband upward / downward compressor.
Xfer Records have more free plugins here
An alternative to this plugin is Waves MV2 which also has upward and down compression and limiting.
TAL Chorus LX
TAL Chorus LX is a plugin emulating the famous Juno 60 chorus from the vintage analog Roland synthesizer. A defining effect from a hardware synth.
Download the free TAL LX and get a high-quality effect.
The plugin
This plugin has a sweet wide sound. It is simple with 2 mode buttons and a stereo width control giving it 3 stages of effect. 1, 2, and both 1 and 2.
Free TAL Chorus LX
Other Juno 60 chorus units
- TC Electronics JUNO-60 pedal
- A hardware pedal from TC Electronics
- Oblivion Sound LAB
- Another free hardware chorus emulation VST
- Down load it here
IZotope Ozone Imager
Izotope has released a simplified version of the imager component from the full Ozone mastering plugin. This is probably part of the marketing budget collection website profile members and setting focus on the full mastering plugin.
Free Ozone Imager from Izotope website
Faking stereo always has a downside so do not overdo it. but it can make the individual sound more interesting or widen a whole mix a but.
Flux Stereo Tool
A free stereo imaging and analysis plugin with a nice GUI.
Autotune vst effect free.
The free Flux Stereo Tool
Features:
Voxengo Span Vst
- Input gain for left and right channel individually
- Pan
- Phase inverse
- Vector Scope Display
- Parameter morphing between presets
CPU usage
The CPU usage is not directly comparable since the processing is very different but here is a list:
As shown in the CPU usage table only Saturation knob and OTT Compressor has latency and most of them have insignificant CPU load. Supermassive has surprisingly low CPU usage.
Free synth presets
A free Bass Demo Package
- 9 great patches
- Basses for different genres
Applications
- Fast Fourier transform spectrum analyzer
- Stereo, mid-side, surround spectrum analyzer
- Stereo correlation meter
- Multi-track spectrum comparison
- PNG spectrum snapshot saving
- EBU R128, K-system meter
- RMS, true peak level and clipping detector
SPAN Plus is a real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer AAX, AudioUnit and VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications.
SPAN Plus is an extended version of the freeware SPAN plugin: SPAN Plus provides several additional features such as PNG file export, real-time spectrum import/export for cross-track spectrum comparisons, and static spectrums display.
SPAN Plus provides you with a very flexible “mode” system which you can use to setup your spectrum analyzer preferences. You may specify Fourier block size in samples, FFT window overlap percentage, spectrum's visual slope. Beside that you can choose to display secondary spectrum of a desired type (e.g. real-time maximum, all-time maximum). Spectrum can be smoothed out visually for an easier examination.
Beside cross-track spectrum comparison, SPAN Plus supports multi-channel analysis and can be set to display spectrums from two different channels or channel groups at the same time. Spectrum's color can be chosen to taste.
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SPAN Plus also features output level metering with adjustable ballistics and integration time, EBU R128, K-system metering (including calibration K-system metering). SPAN Plus displays level metering statistics, headroom estimation and true peak clipping detection. Correlation metering is available as well.