analysis
Measures and displays the signal without changing it.
Analytiks— Gandalf the grey
Spectral and stereo analysis plugin with OpenGL rendering — a free, open-source clone of Vision 4x
Audio Analyzer— rty65tt
An audio analyzer plugin displaying a real-time spectrogram and sonogram of the incoming signal.
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.
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
Cycloscope— Eyal Delarea
Waveform / single-cycle / spectrum / stereo analyzer plugin
Fire— Jerry Yifeng
Multiband distortion plugin.
Funky Moose Viz— Uwe Arthur Felchle
Boutique-style audio visualizer plugin for spectrum, waveform, vectorscope, and pitch detection
K-Meter— Martin Zuther
K-System loudness meter according to Bob Katz' specifications
Key Detect— Seho Young
Analyzes the frequencies present in incoming audio to detect keys and harmonies
Kholors Station— Quentin FAIDIDE
Live, color-coded spectrogram of your DAW tracks in a single window. VST Compatible.
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.
OpenMeters— Maika
Fast and professional audio metering/visualization for Linux.
Oscilloscope— waddafunk
A simple, resizable oscilloscope for visualizing an audio signal's waveform, with continuous or triggered/static plotting and a customizable refresh time.
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
PHU Beat Sync Multi Scope— Peter H.
Beat-synced multi-input oscilloscope that collects and displays inputs from peer instances set to "broadcast"
PlugNspectr— Kevin Jenkins
Analyzes the frequency response, harmonic distortion, and dynamics of other audio plugins in your DAW in real time
Pulse Visualizer— Audio Solutions
Real-time audio visualizer standalone app inspired by MiniMeters
Quadratic Visualizer— Nathaniel D'Annunzio
Audio visualizer that uses TheGrayCuber's shape algebra to generate crazy shapes.
sMexoscope— Matthijs Hollemans
The classic s(M)exoscope oscilloscope VST using modern JUCE
Soundscope— Egor Kurtashkin
A TUI app for analyzing audio data such as frequencies and loudness (LUFS)
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.
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.
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
TonnetzViz— Dušan Zatkovský
VST3 audio plug-in that visualizes the Tonnetz grid, shows active notes, highlights chords, and keeps a history of recognized chords.
Trace Tuner— Simon Heimler
Minimalistic tuner plugin with a history trace of recent pitch
traKmeter— Martin Zuther
Loudness meter for correctly setting up tracking and mixing levels (gain staging)
Wolf Spectrum— Wolf Plugins
Spectrogram plugin which supports both log and linear frequency scaling.
ZL Inflator— ZL Audio
A distortion/saturation plugin that increases perceived loudness, with auto-gain compensation and a dB-scaled response plot.
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.