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Oscarizor – 2D/3D Multi Channel Spectrum Analyzer Audio Plug-In VST / AU & AAX / Free & Pro
„Sugar Audio's blindingly brilliant multichannel spectrum analyser has hit the market […] It's as easy on the eyes as it is on the wallet.' – Computer Music Aug/2016, P.26 „It's a great little plugin that will definitely come in handy at some point if you're a sound designer, or if you simply want to have a better visual control over the sounds that you're working with.' – bedroomproducersblog.comOur free Loudness Penalty Analyzer tells you how much your music will be turned down by YouTube, Spotify, TIDAL, Pandora and Apple's Sound Check. Dynameter helps you strike the perfect balance of loudness and dynamics, so that your music will sound great on any platform and have a minimal Loudness Penalty. Dual-display, dual-channel RTA with 1/3-octave spectrum analyzer. Faberacoustical: App: 61774: Sonic visualiser. Viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files. Centre for Digital Music: App: 50905: SPEAR. Spectral analysis and editing based on a sinusoidal sound model. Michael Klingbeil: App: 50528: Spectre. Real-time audio multi.
Downloads & Purchase
The digital single user not for resale license will be sent to you via e-mail within one day, please contact Sugar Audio for educational and other license models. Try the FREE version !Note: The free version is limited (e.g. no 3D, no sync, no multi channel support, fewer controls, no instrument tuner, no FFT customization, no combined view). * | System requirements x64 Windows 10 VST® 2/3, AAX (ProTools 2020 Native) x64 Intel macOS 10.11 – 11 VST® 2/3, AU, AAX (ProTools 2020 Native) Details You need a DAW host software to use this audio plugin! *16-32 bits sample resolution @ 44.1–192 kHz sample rate Minimal 2 GB RAM & C2D 2.66 Ghz / 4 GB RAM & i5 and better recommended for multi channel usage and 3D functions Higher CPU usage for 3D functions! Please follow, like and/or retweet us at Facebook or Twitter! |
2D / 3D Full Featured Parametric Multi Channel Spectrum Analyzer ( VST / AU and AAX )
Welcome to the world of Oscarizor Pro. Parallel waveform, spectrum & stereo field comparison in 2D and 3D using side-chaining and 255 send/receive channels (up to 10 channels parallel) is the power of Oscarizor Pro – especially the multi channel spectrum analyzer in VST / AU and AAX variants. Use DAW host synchronization to exacly compare waveforms. Nearly an unlimited count of instances inside your DAW projects is possible. Waveforms and spectrums are displayed with wonderful filled/lined graphics using blending, blending types, smoothing and antialiasing. Choose from common colors to beautify your dB or amplitude scaled view. Use the custom UI coloration, free resizing capabilities and innovative control multi panel to optimize your workflow. Read about the features of Oscarizor Pro.
Features
- 2D / 3D full featured parametric multi analyzer
- Multi channel waterfall spectrum analyzer audio plug-in with mountains, bars, cylinder and tube models
- Parallel waveform & spectrum comparison using side-chaining and send/receive channels
- DAW host synchronization, initial autosync to receives & resync to receives button
- Automatic instrument tuner with FFT size and function memory
- Multi channel correlation & gonio meter
- FFT size, window (7 functions) & average controls
- Spectrum tilt/slope knob & Nyquist mode
- Nearly unlimited instances in your DAW projects
- 255 channels to send/receive waveforms and spectrums to/from other instances
- 10 channels simultaneous view
- Channel naming with propagation to receiving channels
- Parallel and overlay view modes
- Combined 2D/3D views Osc/Spectrum or Osc/Spectrum/Gonio meter
- Stereo, mixed mono (avg/max) & M/S (mid/side) view
- Filled/lined waveforms using blending, blending types, smoothing and
antialiasing - 360 degrees three axis 3D rotation, free positioning and zooming
- Two independent 3D light sources with extended customization
- Custom UI & waveform coloration
- DB and amplitude view
- Absolute view for better analyzation
- Beat and measure display adjustment
- Reset / Bypass / Freeze / Freeze all (global freeze) buttons
- Signal modifying Gain, phase switch, L/R swap and mono controls
- Sine test tone generator
- Exact mouse wheel zoom in/out
- Free positioning, scaling & dragging
- Multipanel UI control with all-in-one-mode, menu splitter & control scrolling
- Freely resizeable GUI from very small to enormously large
- Full window and control hover mode
- Preset Manager, quick save/load presets & A/B Comparison
- SA 3D Engine 2.0: Highly optimized and customizable 3D renderer
- No dongle required (except AAX), zero latency and low cpu usage (except 3D)
Application areas
- Detailed spectrum and waterfall analyzation in mixing, mastering, djing and teaching
- Averaged spectrum comparison of received channels (e.g. reference tracks)
- Spectrum interference visualization (lightens parts with most activity)
- Stereo field, mid/side & correlation analyzation
- Compression tunings
- Limiting fine-adjustments
- Envelope shaping analyzations
- Transient control
- Ducking
- Leveling / metering
2D multi channel waterfall
Use the 2d waterfall in parallel, stereo, M/S and/or overlay mode.
3D multi channel waterfall
Use mountains, bars, cylinder or tube 3d waterfall models with 2 light sources and emissive, ambient, diffuse and specular light controls. The highly optimized and customizable SA 3D Engine 2.0 renderer supports additional parameters like model width, depth, back face culling and perspective control.
Parallel and overlay view modes & 10 channels simultaneous view
Parallel mode shows all active channels in parallel mode from top to bottom instead of showing them in overlay mode.
3D multi channel spectrum analyzer & oscilloscope
Use a single analyzer or one of the combined views.
3D Rotation, positioning and zooming
Use the 360 degrees three axis 3d rotation, free positioning and zooming.
Compression analyzation
See exactly what your compressor effects.
Transient analyzation
See exactly how transient controllers change your signal.
Multi channel stereo spectrum analyzer
Analyze which frequencies are interferencing.
Multi channel correlation meter
Have just one look to see that everything is fine with your channel correlations.
Stereo 3D combined and overlay mode
Deactivate the grids and have an exclusive view to the signals.
Multi channel gonio meter
Make reliable judgments about your stereo image.
Channel naming & solo/hide controls
Enter the channel name, choose the color and turn solo/hide on/off for every channel.
Freely Resizeable GUI from very small to enormously large
Freely resize the effect window by dragging the bottom right corner, the multi panel controls are dynamically arranged depending on the UI size.
Waveform smoothing
Smooth the waveforms from the common visualization to…
… medium smoothed or …
… maximum smoothed waveforms.
Absolute view for better analyzation
Shows the waveforms in absolute mode. Negative waveform parts are transcoded to positive parts.
Custom waveform coloration
Choose the color of all signal waveforms.
Enter the channel name, choose the color and turn solo/hide on/off for every channel.
Freely Resizeable GUI from very small to enormously large
Freely resize the effect window by dragging the bottom right corner, the multi panel controls are dynamically arranged depending on the UI size.
Waveform smoothing
Smooth the waveforms from the common visualization to…
… medium smoothed or …
… maximum smoothed waveforms.
Absolute view for better analyzation
Shows the waveforms in absolute mode. Negative waveform parts are transcoded to positive parts.
Custom waveform coloration
Choose the color of all signal waveforms.
Stereo absolute view
Displays two channels (L/R) of all displayed signals instead of one mixed mono channel.
Multi stereo dB view
Displays two channels for all signals in dB mode.
Exact mouse wheel and left button zoom in/out
Use your mouse wheel or mark waveform parts to zoom in/out the display at the current mouse position.
Non filled view
Turns off the filled waveforms.
Blend types
Choose from 5 different types of graphical blending types to optimize the visualization.
Automatic instrument tuner
The chromatic and automatic instrument tuner comes in handy when you just want to quickly tune your instrument.
Custom UI coloration
Adjust independently the main, secondary, view and background RGB color values.
Full window and control hover mode for the whole 2D 3D multi channel spectrum analyzer audio plug-in VST AU AAX
Use the full window to analyze your signals.
Changelog
Version 1.0.0 (30/01/2016) *Version 1.1.0 (04/03/2016)
– Channel naming (Pro)
– Channel solo and hide buttons (Pro)
– Parallel and overlay view modes (Pro)
– Additional blend mode (Pro)
– Sync position button (Pro)
– UI redesign
– Sharpened and emphasized waveform edges
– Free vertical positioning and scaling
– Multipanel UI control
– Gain On/Off
– Gain unit in dB
– Units added to numbers
– Performance optimized
Version 2.0.0 (19/04/2016)
– Multi channel support for spectrum analyzer (Pro)
– Intuitive and free mouse spectrum scaling (Free/Pro)
– Multi channel correlation meter (Pro)
– Automatic instrument tuner (Pro)
– FFT size, window (7 functions) and average controls (Pro)
– Spectrum tilt/slope knob (Free/Pro)
– Initial autosync to receives (Pro)
– Resync to receives button (Pro)
– M/S (mid/side) view (Pro)
– Freeze all (global freeze) button (Pro)
– Oscilloscope maximum time size enhanced to 30 seconds (@ 44kHz SR) (Free/Pro)
– Win/Mac AAX support added (ProTools 12 ) (Free/Pro)
– Mac 32 bit support added (Free/Pro)
– bugfixes
Version 2.5.0 (24/06/2016)
– 360 degrees three axis 3d rotation, free positioning and zooming (Pro)
– Free window resizing by direct input or dragging (Free/Pro)
– Gonio meter analyzer added (Free/Pro)
– Multi channel support for gonio meter (Pro)
– Combined views Osc/Spectrum or Osc/Spectrum/Gonio meter (Pro)
– Custom UI coloration (Free/Pro)
– Maximum 255 send channels (16 before) (Pro)
– Spectrum analyzer low frequency down to 10Hz (25Hz before) (Free/Pro)
– Spectrum analyzer high frequency up to Nyquist (Pro)
– Instrument tuner switch FFT size and function memory (Pro)
– Mono mix average sum switch (Free/Pro)
– Smoother high limit is now 30x (instead of 20x) (Pro)
– Test tone is now at -12db (instead of 0db) (Free/Pro)
– Graphic controls consolidated to new GFX panel (Free/Pro)
– All-in-one switch shows as many controls as possible in one panel (Free/Pro)
– Receive channels show names of sending channels (Pro)
– Grid on/off switches (Free/Pro)
– Performance tuning (Free/Pro)
– Bugfixes
Version 2.6.1 (09/07/2016)
– Free channel naming (Pro)
– Channel color picker (Pro)
– Channel color propagation to receiving channels (Pro)
– Swap L/R button (Pro)
– Oscilloscope off beat lines (Free/Pro)
– Default colors changes (Free/Pro)
– Multi panel slider improvements (Free/Pro)
– Bugfixes
Version 3.0.0 (08/10/2016)
– Mountain, bars, cylinder and tube 3D waterfall models (Pro)
– SA 3D Engine 2.0: Highly optimized and customizable 3D renderer (Pro)
– Two independent light sources with free positioning and coloring for all 3D analyzers (Pro)
– Emissive, ambient, diffuse and specular 3D light controls (Pro)
– Extended 3D parameters with model width, depth, back face culling and perspective correction (Pro)
– 3D spread control to strech the model (Pro)
– Dynamic control menu splitter (Free/Pro)
– Thicker 2D signal contours (Free/Pro)
– Performance & memory optimizations
– Bugfixes
Version 3.2.2 (24/02/2017)
– Quick save/load presets (Free/Pro)
– A/B comparison (Free/Pro)
– Flexible FFT formants csv file output (Pro)
– 'Function' control always visible in AIO mode (Free/Pro)
– 3D line antialias and antialias is default (Pro)
– Font homogenized for Win and Mac (Free/Pro)
– Bugfixes & some minor visibility changes (Free/Pro)
Version 3.2.3 (21/03/2017)
– Fixed rare crashes when closing MixBus software (Free/Pro)
– Fixed oscilloscope display buffer inaccuracy (Free/Pro)
Version 3.5.0 (29/07/2017)
– RMS/peak/peak hold meter (Free/Pro)
– Wave length measurement in samples, Hz, milliseconds, meters and notes (Pro)
– UI Lock feature (Pro)
– Keyboard shortcuts (Free/Pro)
– Much smaller memory footprint (Free/Pro)
– New logo & minor UI changes (Free/Pro)
– Minor bugfixes (Free/Pro)
Version 3.5.1 (15/10/2017)
– Side chain improvements (Pro)
– AU format mono compatibility (Free/Pro)
– Alternative key input handling implemented and MuLab/Bitwig key input fixed (Free/Pro)
– Double left/right click on resize tringle switches between display modes (Free/Pro)
Version 3.6.0 (15/04/2018)
– UI color adapted for Filterizor (Free/Pro)
– Knobs & switches revised (Free/Pro)
– UI sparkle effect (Free/Pro)
– Minor bugfixes (Free/Pro)
Version 3.7.0 (30/09/2019)
– macOS Catalina compatibility preparation (Free/Pro)
– Technical core changes (Free/Pro)
– macOS 32 bit support dropped (Free/Pro)
Version 3.8.0 (18/01/2021)
– macOS Big Sur adaptions (Free/Pro)
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Contents
Installing Audio Unit plug-ins
Audio Unit (AU) is a system-level plug-in architecture provided on Mac OS X and macOS computers.- Audio Unit effects support real-time preview.
To add a new Audio Unit effect, place it in either of the following system plug-in directories:
- ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (user plug-ins)
- /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components (system-wide plug-ins)
Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins... to enable the Audio Unit effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Manage Effects.
Please note that not all of the Audio Unit effects that Apple supplies can be enabled in Audacity. They will show listed as available in the New section of the Plug-in Manager but if you try to enable them you will get an error message telling you that they failed to register. This is an Apple issue and not an Audacity bug. This only affects a few of the Audio Unit plug-ins: AUScheduledSoundPlayer, AUMultiSplitter, AUMultiChannelMixer, AUMixer3D, AUMIxer, AUMatrixMixer, AUAudioFilePlayer and AUSpeechSynthesis. |
Installing Nyquist plug-ins
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Nyquist plug-ins provide most of the optional effects underneath the divider in the Effect menu. They are also used to provide some of Audacity's built-in audio generators and analysis tools. A wide range of additional Nyquist effect, generation and analysis plug-ins can be obtained from Download Nyquist Plug-ins on our Wiki.
The easiest way to install a new Nyquist plug-in is to use the Tool Nyquist Plug-in Installer which is itself a Nyquist plug-in that simplifies the installation of other Nyquist plug-ins.
All Nyquist plug-ins are plain text files that have the filename extension '.NY'. This plug-in installer provides a file browser for selecting the plug-in '.NY' file, and then copies the file to the correct location. Once the plug-in has been installed, it may be enabled in the Plug-in Manager.
- Accessed by:Tools > Nyquist Plug-in Installer...
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Installing a Nyquist plug-in manually
It is also possible to add a new Nyquist plug-in manually by adding it to the correct location that Audacity expects.
Place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.
To load the new effects into Audacity so they are available in the menu, use the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.
Some Nyquist plug-ins could crash while processing very long audio selections (typically an hour or more). This is due to the plug-in using a large amount of memory and is a known issue in Audacity's current Nyquist implementation. Try using the plug-in on shorter selections instead. |
Installing VST plug-ins
Audacity supports almost all VST effect plug-ins on Mac including 'shell' VST's that host multiple VST effects.
To install new VST plug-ins, place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.
Other possible locations on Mac are:- ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST
- /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST
- All paths specified by the 'VST_PATH' environment variable.
You can install new VST effects into Audacity by using the Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins... menu item. This opens the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog where you can select and enable the new effects then click to load them. Next time you launch Audacity the enabled effect(s) will be cached and you will not need to re-enable them.
The list of effects in the dialog will include any detected VST instrument (VSTi) plug-ins (such as synths) and any real-time VST effects that are capable of changing audio data while it's being written to disk. Neither of these are yet supported and they will not load even if you enable or re-enable them in the dialog. |
Why do some VST plug-ins not work or display incorrectly?
Audacity will by default display VST effect plug-ins with a full graphical interface where the plug-in supplies this.
VST instruments (VSTi) (such as synths) and real-time VST effects (that change the audio data while it's being written) are not yet supported. These will not load even if you enable or re-enable them in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog. VST 3 plug-ins are not supported.
If any plug-in displays incorrectly, you can use the Manage button in the effect's dialog then choose Options... to open the VST Effect Options for that effect. Then remove the checkmark from the 'Enable graphical interface' checkbox and click . When you reopen the effect it will display a simpler tabular interface.
On Mac, Audacity is a 32-bit application so will not see 64-bit versions of VST plug-ins, even on 64-bit operating systems. |
If you experience a problem with a specific VST effect plug-in in Audacity, please contact us.
Installing LADSPA plug-ins
The LADSPA plug-in architecture was originally developed on Linux. Audacity supports LADSPA effects on Mac as well as GNU/Linux. You can download and install a set of over 90 LADSPA plug-ins. You can then choose which LADSPA plug-ins to enable in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.
To install new LADSPA plug-ins, place them in Audacity's 'Plug-Ins' folder at ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/Plug-Ins.
Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins... to enable the LADSPA effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers.
Audacity will also load LADSPA plug-ins from the following system locations:- The path specified by the LADSPA_PATH environment variable
- ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LADSPA
- /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LADSPA
Installing LV2 plug-ins
LV2 is a more advanced evolution of the LADSPA plug-in architecture which was originally developed on Linux. Audacity supports both LV2 effects on Mac as well as GNU/Linux. There are not yet many pre-compiled LV2 plug-ins for Mac, though it may be possible to compile some Linux LV2 plug-ins for other operating systems.
To add a new LV2 effect, place its complete '.lv2' folder (not the files alone) at the top level of any of the following searched for locations:
- ~/.lv2
- ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2
- /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2
- /usr/local/lib/lv2
- /usr/lib/lv2
- $HOME/.lv2:$HOME/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2:/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/LV2:/usr/local/lib/lv2:/usr/lib/lv2
Then use Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins... to enable the LV2 effects and load them into Audacity, For details see Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers.
Installing Vamp plug-ins
Vamp plug-ins are usually for analyzing audio so will appear under Audacity's Analyze Menu. You can do interesting things like attempt to track beats, note pitches, chords or frequencies. Any Vamp plug-ins whose output is suitable for a label track should work in Audacity on Mac. To add a new Vamp analysis tool, add the plug-in's DLL, DYLIB or SO file and any supplied category or RDF files to any of the Vamp search locations then enable the tool in the Plug-in Manager: Effects, Generators and Analyzers dialog.
Uninstalling plug-ins
Plug-ins can be removed using Effect > Add / Remove Plug-ins... and then removing the file from the relevant file location, so that they do not appear again in Plug-in Manager.
Plug-ins shipped with Audacity can be found inside Audacity.app (in the Applications folder, or wherever you have installed Audacity). The path to the plug-ins is for example /Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/plug-ins. You can reach the Contents directory by right-clicking or Ctrl-clicking over Audacity.app and selecting Show Package Contents.
How can I solve Audacity crashing after I add a plug-in?
Please see this FAQ
Vst Analyzer Machine
Please see this Wiki page for Plug-ins that crash Audacity or fail to work properly in Audacity
Links
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