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analysis

Measures and displays the signal without changing it.

Also called analyser analyzer loudness meter metering oscilloscope spectrum tuner

Part of utility

Elsewhere lv2:AnalyserPlugin

33 plugins in this category. Also as Turtle.

Analytiks

Analytiks— Gandalf the grey

Spectral and stereo analysis plugin with OpenGL rendering — a free, open-source clone of Vision 4x

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 Standalone utility analysis

Audio Analyzer

Audio Analyzer— rty65tt

An audio analyzer plugin displaying a real-time spectrogram and sonogram of the incoming signal.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit utility analysis

BlindCard

BlindCard— Sugoi Audio

Blind A/B testing plugin with a poker-card themed UI, LUFS auto-level matching, star rating/guess/quiz modes, and support for up to 8 synchronized instances.

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit Standalone utility analysis

Cavasik

Cavasik— Wisker

Audio visualizer based on CAVA

free open source GPL-3.0 utility analysis

Chartchotic

Chartchotic— Noah Baxter

An au/vst plugin for DAWs that visualizes midi notes similar to how they appear in rhythm games like Clone Hero and YARG

free NOASSERTION VST3 LV2 AudioUnit midi utility analysis

Cycloscope

Cycloscope— Eyal Delarea

Waveform / single-cycle / spectrum / stereo analyzer plugin

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit Standalone utility analysis

Fire

Fire— Jerry Yifeng

Multiband distortion plugin.

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit CLAP effect utility distortion analysis

Funky Moose Viz

Funky Moose Viz— Uwe Arthur Felchle

Boutique-style audio visualizer plugin for spectrum, waveform, vectorscope, and pitch detection

free open source MIT VST3 AudioUnit Standalone utility analysis

K-Meter

K-Meter— Martin Zuther

K-System loudness meter according to Bob Katz' specifications

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 utility analysis

Key Detect

Key Detect— Seho Young

Analyzes the frequencies present in incoming audio to detect keys and harmonies

free open source MIT VST3 Standalone utility analysis

Kholors Station

Kholors Station— Quentin FAIDIDE

Live, color-coded spectrogram of your DAW tracks in a single window. VST Compatible.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 utility analysis

Midi Lattice

Midi Lattice— Yan Han

A VST3/CLAP plugin that visualizes the pitch classes of incoming MIDI notes on a 2D lattice organized by perfect fifths and major thirds, with configurable tuning for exploring 5-limit and 7-limit just intonation.

free open source MIT VST3 CLAP midi utility analysis

OpenMeters

OpenMeters— Maika

Fast and professional audio metering/visualization for Linux.

free open source GPL-3.0 utility analysis

Oscilloscope

Oscilloscope— waddafunk

A simple, resizable oscilloscope for visualizing an audio signal's waveform, with continuous or triggered/static plotting and a customizable refresh time.

free open source ISC VST3 utility analysis

Partiels

Partiels— IRCAM

Audio analysis application for exploring the content and characteristics of sounds, built around the Vamp plugin ecosystem with spectrogram and waveform visualization

free open source GPL-3.0 Standalone utility analysis

PerceptoMap

PerceptoMap— Qirui Huang

PerceptoMap is a real-time psychoacoustic visualization VST3 plugin. Displays Mel spectrograms, MFCCs, Chromagram, Tempogram, Spectral Centroid, Contrast, Flatness, Rolloff, Onset markers, and more perceptual audio featu

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 utility analysis

PHU Beat Sync Multi Scope

PHU Beat Sync Multi Scope— Peter H.

Beat-synced multi-input oscilloscope that collects and displays inputs from peer instances set to "broadcast"

free open source MIT VST3 AudioUnit utility analysis

PlugNspectr

PlugNspectr— Kevin Jenkins

Analyzes the frequency response, harmonic distortion, and dynamics of other audio plugins in your DAW in real time

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 effect utility distortion analysis

Pulse Visualizer

Pulse Visualizer— Audio Solutions

Real-time audio visualizer standalone app inspired by MiniMeters

free open source GPL-3.0 utility analysis

Quadratic Visualizer

Quadratic Visualizer— Nathaniel D'Annunzio

Audio visualizer that uses TheGrayCuber's shape algebra to generate crazy shapes.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 utility analysis

sMexoscope

sMexoscope— Matthijs Hollemans

The classic s(M)exoscope oscilloscope VST using modern JUCE

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 LV2 AudioUnit utility analysis

Soundscope

Soundscope— Egor Kurtashkin

A TUI app for analyzing audio data such as frequencies and loudness (LUFS)

free open source MIT Standalone utility analysis

Spectacle

Spectacle— JP Cimalando

A real-time spectral analyzer using the short-time Fourier transform, with a logarithmic musical scale, zoom, smooth interpolation, and peak identification under the cursor.

free open source ISC LV2 utility analysis

Spectrum Analyzer

Spectrum Analyzer— Lluís Estapé

Real-time audio spectrum analyzer with a smooth frequency-response curve, stereo VU meters with realistic falloff ballistics, a panning-width indicator, and a freeze button.

free open source MIT VST3 utility analysis

Spekana

Spekana— Yvonne Yuan

Real-time audio-to-MIDI plugin that transforms textured sound, field recordings, and noise into usable MIDI and musical notation, with a live spectrogram and top-10 peak tracking

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 instrument utility analysis generator

TonnetzViz

TonnetzViz— Dušan Zatkovský

VST3 audio plug-in that visualizes the Tonnetz grid, shows active notes, highlights chords, and keeps a history of recognized chords.

free open source AGPL-3.0 VST3 midi utility analysis

Trace Tuner

Trace Tuner— Simon Heimler

Minimalistic tuner plugin with a history trace of recent pitch

free open source MIT VST3 CLAP utility analysis

traKmeter

traKmeter— Martin Zuther

Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels (gain staging)

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 utility analysis

Wolf Spectrum

Wolf Spectrum— Wolf Plugins

Spectrogram plugin which supports both log and linear frequency scaling.

free open source GPL-3.0 effect utility analysis

ZL Inflator

ZL Inflator— ZL Audio

A distortion/saturation plugin that increases perceived loudness, with auto-gain compensation and a dB-scaled response plot.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect utility distortion saturation analysis

ZL Loudness Makeup

ZL Loudness Makeup— ZL Audio

A loudness make-up gain plugin, for restoring perceived volume after processing that reduces level (e.g. compression, EQ cuts) earlier in the chain.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit effect utility analysis

ZLLMatch

ZLLMatch— ZL Audio

LUFS-based loudness matching plugin that automatically level-matches reference tracks against your mix for A/B referencing.

free open source GPL-3.0 VST3 AudioUnit utility analysis

Zubnetic

Zubnetic— Jose

Stereo visualizer plugin with multi-shape rendering (lines, particles, circle, star, square, spiral) and frequency-reactive colors

free open source GPL-2.0 VST3 effect utility analysis spatial