Spectral Plugins - Free Plugins

[Despondo]

I have not tried any of these, but posting here for others to see:

Spectral Plugins has ceased company operations and now all their plugins (Spacer, Pancz and OCS-45) are available for free downloading to all users.

https://spectral-plugins.com/

After careful consideration and deliberation, we have made the difficult decision to cease our company operations. This decision was not made lightly, but we believe it is the best course of action for the future of our organization.

However, we are pleased to announce that we will be making our software available for free downloading to our loyal clients and users. We understand the impact that our tools and products have had on your operations, and we want to ensure that you continue to have access to them even after our closure.

We want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of our clients for your support, feedback, and loyalty over the years. It has been an honor serving you, and we are proud of the accomplishments we have achieved together.

[Benedict]

I don't think I have ever seen these. Reviewing for Higher Hz for a year or so it felt like I saw almost everything. These...

It is sad to see small, indi Devs fail. But this is the world that people seem to want. WAD can peddle meh and get accolade, others can sell absolute BS and get accolade but being small, makes people assume you are irrelevant and therefore everything ceases. No wonder there is no horizon stuff in DAWville.

[dvdrtldg]

It is sad to see small, indi Devs fail. But this is the world that people seem to want. WAD can peddle meh and get accolade, others can sell absolute BS and get accolade but being small, makes people assume you are irrelevant and therefore everything ceases

I agree with your general sentiment here but have to say, I've had too many experiences of buying boutique plugins which I love and incorporate into my workflow and come to rely on, but then they become abandonware when that small boutique dev goes under. I know that theoretically nobody's safe forever, but it just seems to make more sense to buy plugins from larger companies that offer a bit of longevity

[StephenHutchinson]

I bought Spacer quite awhile back. It is pretty decent. I absolutely love the random settings on the whole plugin as well as each panel. Sorry to see the folks who made these plugins come up on hard times.

[Chi-Individual]

Has anyone been able to get Spacer to work in the latest version of Reason? I just downloaded it and it's not showing but I can see it find in Studio One 6

[StephenHutchinson]

I tried to get it to work in Reason 13, but it doesn't show up at all. Checked the "Manage Plugins" and it isn't there. In Reason 12 it shows up just fine. Same in Bitwig and Ableton Live.

[Chi-Individual]

I tried to get it to work in Reason 13, but it doesn't show up at all. Checked the "Manage Plugins" and it isn't there. In Reason 12 it shows up just fine. Same in Bitwig and Ableton Live.

It’s not even showing up in R12 for me. Are you on Mac or PC? I’m on Mac 15.3.1.

[rgdaniel]

Spacer showing up fine and working fine for me in Reason 13.1 (Win) - I only installed the VST3 version - and I (now) always have "Show VST3 Plugins" checked at top-right of Devices panel (won't get fooled again).

[StephenHutchinson]

I tried to get it to work in Reason 13, but it doesn't show up at all. Checked the "Manage Plugins" and it isn't there. In Reason 12 it shows up just fine. Same in Bitwig and Ableton Live.

It’s not even showing up in R12 for me. Are you on Mac or PC? I’m on Mac 15.3.1.

I have Reason on both a Mac Mini m1 and m4 as well as on a Windows 10 PC.

[Chi-Individual]

Ok so it’s not just my system. Shame. I wanted to use that plugin.

[moalla]

´The Plugins still working with Win11 24H2,
Spacer sounds massive, really nice reverb, OSC sounds comparable/better and offers more than Arturias MellowTape
Pancz is still a nice Enhancer/Shaper on eye level with audio assaults multi transient.

Really glad to get it for free, but at all now it´s a hard market for software developers, sadly most Vst´s are not Linux comptatible and future proof

[rorystorm]

Spacers not working for me sadly.
OCS on the other hand is and its excellent.

[Chi-Individual]

Spacers not working for me sadly.
OCS on the other hand is and its excellent.

Just installed this one and yea it working for me also. And yes it sounds great. Just weird Spacer isn’t working.