Spektrum is in the shop

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Olivier
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08 Jul 2015

https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/ ... l-monitor/

Spektrum is a real-time spectrum analyzer for audio signals.

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08 Jul 2015

Didn't see this one coming. Nice. But is it not just Reason's inbuilt spectrum analyser ....... but as an RE?!
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08 Jul 2015

Really nice... can't wait to try it out :)
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08 Jul 2015

Wow, seems to have a pretty high resolution even in the lower frequency area (which is a plus over Props analyzer). This will probably come with some additional latency (of the display) and CPU overhead but is very welcome anyway. Maybe a switch to change resolution would be in order though.

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08 Jul 2015

Faastwalker wrote:Didn't see this one coming. Nice. But is it not just Reason's inbuilt spectrum analyser ....... but as an RE?!

Far more adjustable and a much wider range by the look of it.

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08 Jul 2015

Why is the zoom range limited to 20.5k at 30dB? What if one needs to look closely at 3dB at -59db? ;)

It needs an h/v scroll option as well as zoom.

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08 Jul 2015

oh, you can drag the display! :)

ok, that's pretty cool! Good job, rc!

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08 Jul 2015

pls add screws. i'll try it tonight

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08 Jul 2015

That's what I'm talking about. Most important thing is spectrum and now we have for reasonable price. With amazing GUI. THIS IS THE FUTURE OF RE.
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08 Jul 2015

the props spectrum goes from +36 db to zero and than to -36db.
spektrum goes from -6 to -54 ???

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08 Jul 2015

ahs wrote:the props spectrum goes from +36 db to zero and than to -36db.
spektrum goes from -6 to -54 ???
The db scale in Reasons analyser is there measure the gain of EQ adjustments (when enabled). Spektrum uses the fullscale from 0db to -60db.

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08 Jul 2015

Does this have a freeze option? I don't see a button for it or an option listed under the description.

To distinguish it further from the built-in analyzer, would be nice if it had multiple inputs.
And each input could have an assignable color and dimmer. So that you could compare channel frequencies on the same screen.

That's what I need :)

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08 Jul 2015

joeyluck wrote:Does this have a freeze option? I don't see a button for it or an option listed under the description.
If you turn it off the display freezes so yes, kinda.

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08 Jul 2015

normen wrote:
joeyluck wrote:Does this have a freeze option? I don't see a button for it or an option listed under the description.
If you turn it off the display freezes so yes, kinda.
Cool. Still might wait on trying just in case multiple inputs are possible in the future...?

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joeyluck wrote: To distinguish it further from the built-in analyzer, would be nice if it had multiple inputs.
And each input could have an assignable color and dimmer. So that you could compare channel frequencies on the same screen.
Like Skope, I've maxed out whats currently capable with just the the one input and line. It would take an SDK update to make it possible.

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08 Jul 2015

It's pretty cool and very welcome in my Reason rack. I'm a little disappointed how the zoom is more like a stretch, like it's being pulled to the left. I would like to get nice and intricate with the low end but that disappears as soon as I zoom.

It would be great to have a transparent marker / markers in the device that I could lock in at specific frequencies.

The enable switch doubles as a freeze switch, that's cool.

I'll spend a few days with it and see if I would benefit from it much more than the built in one, good price regardless.

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08 Jul 2015

This is pretty cool, but it would have been bad ass if the display had options like to fill in part of the wave display (see Synapse Audio's GQ-7 spectral display as an example) or have color/shading gradients:

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08 Jul 2015

Jagwah wrote:It's pretty cool and very welcome in my Reason rack. I'm a little disappointed how the zoom is more like a stretch, like it's being pulled to the left. I would like to get nice and intricate with the low end but that disappears as soon as I zoom.
You can click / drag the display to scroll.

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08 Jul 2015

rcbuse wrote:
joeyluck wrote: To distinguish it further from the built-in analyzer, would be nice if it had multiple inputs.
And each input could have an assignable color and dimmer. So that you could compare channel frequencies on the same screen.
Like Skope, I've maxed out whats currently capable with just the the one input and line. It would take an SDK update to make it possible.
Ok. Thanks for clarifying.

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08 Jul 2015

rcbuse wrote:
Jagwah wrote:It's pretty cool and very welcome in my Reason rack. I'm a little disappointed how the zoom is more like a stretch, like it's being pulled to the left. I would like to get nice and intricate with the low end but that disappears as soon as I zoom.
You can click / drag the display to scroll.
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08 Jul 2015

ahs wrote:pls add screws. i'll try it tonight
Yes, and some stitched leather.

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08 Jul 2015

Will it be possible to have adjustable per octave slope (e.g. 3dB per octave so pink noise is flat) ? That's one of the biggest thing I miss inside Reason

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08 Jul 2015

EnochLight wrote:This is pretty cool, but it would have been bad ass if the display had options like to fill in part of the wave display (see Synapse Audio's GQ-7 spectral display as an example) or have color/shading gradients:

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I agree, adding a few more meters etc.... would be useful. But thanks for giving us another option.
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08 Jul 2015

softska wrote:Will it be possible to have adjustable per octave slope (e.g. 3dB per octave so pink noise is flat) ? That's one of the biggest thing I miss inside Reason
That's not something that is very useful for viewing audio tracks, as it won't give you a "flat" response to a "flat" input. AFAIK, it's only useful for room/acoustics testing and even then it's a very outdated method, as the Swept Sine approach has long since proven it's superiority for that type of application (and this isn't something Reason is particularly well designed for anyway).

Out of curiosity, why would you want this feature?
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08 Jul 2015

ahs wrote:the props spectrum goes from +36 db to zero and than to -36db.
spektrum goes from -6 to -54 ???
Probably because the one in Reason is a combination of analyzer + EQ, while Spektrum RE is just an analyzer.

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