Wavesfactory Spectre - Multi-band Enhancer

[MogwaiBoy]

I know I'm late to the party, but my current situation gave me time to check out some plug-ins I missed in the last couple of years. Have to admit that I am in love with this plug-in. It looks awesome (the light skin that is, don't care for the dark version), sounds even better and is a joy to use.

have been using IKs tape machines before and while I really like them on subtle settings, they never got me excited. This does however. I use it on the kick, the drumbus, the bass, the guitars and the vocals.... heck even the master channel gets one.

Nice one! I've had Spectre for awhile now and it is definitely one of the first ones I reach for when I want a certain result (pre-mphasis mode is better than any high shelf in the business)... the combination of EQ and/or saturation is wonderful and the GUI is sublime. I like Dark Mode, though

[Rickskii]

Just realised I can scroll presets with the left/right arrows

[wavesfactory]

Hello!

Spectre has been updated to version 1.5.6:
- Added: native Apple Silicon support.
- Quality parameter fixed when browsing presets.
- Presets can now be browsed using the mouse wheel or keyboard arrows.

You can update now for free downloading the latest version from the website or directly clicking on the auto-updater icon in the plugin itself.
https://www.wavesfactory.com/audio-plugins/spectre

Also, we are currently running the SUMMER SALE with 25% OFF on everything until August, 14th.

[Ploki]

FINALLY. I can refit it into my workflow

edit:
wait i already have 1.5.6 and it's already AS native. this has been out for a while?

[Andreya_Autumn]

FINALLY. I can refit it into my workflow

edit:
wait i already have 1.5.6 and it's already AS native. this has been out for a while?

That's strange. I checked recently, like a few weeks back, and it was not released yet at that time.

[Andreya_Autumn]

Hello!

Spectre has been updated to version 1.5.6:
- Added: native Apple Silicon support.
- Quality parameter fixed when browsing presets.
- Presets can now be browsed using the mouse wheel or keyboard arrows.

You can update now for free downloading the latest version from the website or directly clicking on the auto-updater icon in the plugin itself.
https://www.wavesfactory.com/audio-plugins/spectre

Also, we are currently running the SUMMER SALE with 25% OFF on everything until August, 14th.

Big thanks for this! Have been waiting for this one.

[HKStudio]

I've updated to the 1.5.6 version and still am getting the nan issue. It seems to happen totally randomly and only whenever I drag the Q or dB values with my mouse cursor. Thought this one would be fixed by now.

[Sonik31]

I've updated to the 1.5.6 version and still am getting the nan issue. It seems to happen totally randomly and only whenever I drag the Q or dB values with my mouse cursor. Thought this one would be fixed by now.

It jumps some hz and db levels on VST3 version. On Protools it seems good...

[Sonik31]

Hello!

Spectre has been updated to version 1.5.6:
- Added: native Apple Silicon support.
- Quality parameter fixed when browsing presets.
- Presets can now be browsed using the mouse wheel or keyboard arrows.

You can update now for free downloading the latest version from the website or directly clicking on the auto-updater icon in the plugin itself.
https://www.wavesfactory.com/audio-plugins/spectre

Also, we are currently running the SUMMER SALE with 25% OFF on everything until August, 14th.

Hi,
Any news about this issue?

It jumps some hz and db levels on VST3 version. On Protools it seems good...

[LenR_here]

What is the functional (the end result) difference between Spectre and a multiband distortion unit? As far as I can tell, applying multiband distortion on the same frequency area as a point in Spectre would yield similar results. As for adjusting the Q factor, adjusting the filter slopes of the multiband distortion unit would be very similar.

[imrae]

Similar to the difference between multiband compression and dynamic EQ, which has been discussed in many other threads. In short: band crossover artifacts.

[LenR_here]

Won't Spectre also have artifacts then? The main way to apply the distortion to a frequency range in Spectre will be some sort of filter as well, and every filter creates artifacts.

[Dirtgrain]

Won't Spectre also have artifacts then? The main way to apply the distortion to a frequency range in Spectre will be some sort of filter as well, and every filter creates artifacts.

It depends on if they took steps to mitigate that. Anyone noticing disruptive artefacts or aliasing?

[foosnark]

If you feed it high frequency content and specifically boost/saturate high frequencies, you'll get noticeable aliasing on "Standard" quality (the lowest).

Far less aliasing on "Good" quality.

Almost absolutely no aliasing on "Best" quality, and you have to really try. Like feed it an 8Khz sawtooth at 0dB, max out the saturation, position the filters just so and you'll see some aliasing bands at about -45dB on a spectragram. You won't be able to hear it though because the fundamental will murder your ears first.

For most purposes "Standard" is actually fine, and "good" covers everything else in a practical sense... taking a sound that's already super shrill and boosting the highs as much as possible isn't my idea of a good time anyway.

[LenR_here]

If you feed it high frequency content and specifically boost/saturate high frequencies, you'll get noticeable aliasing on "Standard" quality (the lowest).

Far less aliasing on "Good" quality.

Almost absolutely no aliasing on "Best" quality, and you have to really try. Like feed it an 8Khz sawtooth at 0dB, max out the saturation, position the filters just so and you'll see some aliasing bands at about -45dB on a spectragram. You won't be able to hear it though because the fundamental will murder your ears first.

For most purposes "Standard" is actually fine, and "good" covers everything else in a practical sense... taking a sound that's already super shrill and boosting the highs as much as possible isn't my idea of a good time anyway.

Thank you for the rundown, good to know.

My previous question was what are the functional differences in the sound between Spectre and a multiband distortion plugin. What you're referring to is aliasing arising from distortion, which a multiband distortion plugin can also solve with oversampling. Assuming both Spectre and generic multiband distortion plugin use the same distortion algorithm, and both use oversampling, would there be any other difference between the two?

Sorry if I'm being pedantic, I've heard of Spectre being a bit of a secret sauce plugin, just wanted to understand why it is.