KVR Audio

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:53 am

27-Oct-2016: Voxengo SPAN version 3.0 update is now available for download. SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plugin 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 is available in AudioUnit, AAX, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

List of changes in version 3.0:

Added "RT Sigma" analyzer type.
Added "Spectrum Offset" display modes.
Made bottom group selector switchable.
Fixed "zoom in" function's issue.

SPAN 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.

SPAN also features output level metering with adjustable ballistics and integration time, K-system metering (including calibration K-system metering). SPAN displays level metering statistics, headroom estimation and clipping detection. Correlation metering is available as well.

SPAN features:

Output signal power statistics
Spectrum smoothing
User interface window resizing
Clipping statistics
Correlation meter
K-metering
Stereo and multi-channel analysis
Mid/side analysis
Internal channel routing
Channel grouping
Preset manager
Undo/redo history
A/B comparisons
Contextual hint messages
All sample rates support

Voxengo SPAN and other pro audio plug-ins can be downloaded at the Voxengo web site: http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:16 am

Great update! Span has been one of the most used plugins in my projects several years.

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:18 am

Thanks, updated.

devilnishy · Post by **devilnishy** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:35 am

Great plugin and nice to see even though its free, the developers keep on, well, developing it, cheers Voxengo.

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:55 am

devilnishy wrote:Great plugin and nice to see even though its free, the developers keep on, well, developing it, cheers Voxengo.

Thanks. Well, SPAN searches bring around 4000 visitors monthly, in the current advertising economy it is worth around $800, so while it's free it's too important to not develop it.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:17 pm

"Added "RT Sigma" analyzer type."
... how does it compare with the current types like RT Max? I notice that they are different but is one better than the other?

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 12:50 pm

3ee wrote:"Added "RT Sigma" analyzer type."
... how does it compare with the current types like RT Max? I notice that they are different but is one better than the other?

RT Sigma displays dispersion of the power spectrum. It is a kind of "dynamic range" display - the louder the frequency, the more dynamic it is.

Tapehead · Post by **Tapehead** » Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:04 pm

Fantastic news! Use this one all the time. I believe this is the most popular analyzer out there.

It seems like Voxengo brand has re-awakened. Perhaps other tools will get an update soon.

Thank you!

lolilol1975 · Post by **lolilol1975** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:22 am

Aleksey Vaneev wrote:
devilnishy wrote:Great plugin and nice to see even though its free, the developers keep on, well, developing it, cheers Voxengo.
Thanks. Well, SPAN searches bring around 4000 visitors monthly, in the current advertising economy it is worth around $800, so while it's free it's too important to not develop it.

Nice to see that it gives you revenue, it's a great plugin that I use constantly.

Tank you for your effort.

dreamvoid · Post by **dreamvoid** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:10 pm

I have a Span Plus license - will this being updated as well?

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:11 pm

dreamvoid wrote:I have a Span Plus license - will this being updated as well?

Yes, it will be updated as well.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:17 pm

Aleksey Vaneev wrote:
devilnishy wrote:Great plugin and nice to see even though its free, the developers keep on, well, developing it, cheers Voxengo.
Thanks. Well, SPAN searches bring around 4000 visitors monthly, in the current advertising economy it is worth around $800, so while it's free it's too important to not develop it.

Do i get this right, you get $800 per month, just for the ads people see when they download SPAN for free?? Damn, that's nice.

And thanks for the nice plugin, i like it.

Zydraka · Post by **Zydraka** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:41 pm

I think what he means is it would cost $800 per month to pay for advertising to get 4000 visitors to the site.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:54 pm

Oh, i see. So, basically, SPAN is there to get potential customers to the site. Fair enough.

fese · Post by **fese** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:37 pm

I've been using SPAN for over ten years in pretty much every project, it's still my favorite go to analyzer, so thank you very much Aleksey for this great plugin!

Voxengo SPAN 3.0 FFT spectrum analyzer plugin released