SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer AAX, AudioUnit and Mastering VST plugin for professional sound and music production applications. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality. These features give the user a fair amount of control and make using this free Rhodes VST plugin really interesting and fun. How does it sound? Ray is characterized by a series of purposeful imperfections introduced in order to reproduce the typical 70’s analog sound.

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I’ve been storing a list of websites where you can download a large number of free VSTs to play around with VSTs . Its not a complete list, but the amount of VSTs that are on all these sites combined should be enough to keep you pre-occupied for quite a while If you’re interested in getting more cool VSTs check out VSTBuzz – a music software deals website!

The starred ones are my favourites, but the other sites in the list are well worth checking out aswell for some great little gems.

Tweak Bench : Great site. Really nice clean lay out, and allows you to donate money towards any vsts you like.

VST Categories: Synths, Samplers, Percussion/Drums

KVR Audio: Absolutely excellent site. Probably the “Daddy” of all VST and audio technology sites. Has a news section with the latest news in music technology. Developers challenges – competitions for people to make the best VSTs, banks and patches, the ability to rate plugins, huge community on the forums. One stop resource for pretty much all of the plugins out there.

VST categories: All

Rekkerd : Rekkerd only hosts good plugins. Some of the best ones hosted on there are the DSK ones – well worth a look at.

VST Categories: Instrument, effects, synths

Delamancha : Really nicely laid out site – easy to search, easy on the eyes. Has a freeware section, and a paid section (with demos). NB – All software on here is Windows ONLY

VST Categories: All

Don’t Crack : Brilliant website – well laid out, easy to navigate, has all the VSTs you need. Has RTAS, and MAS formats aswell. Allows you to sort by OS. This site has a huge amount of information and options on it – well worth checking out!

VST Categories: All

VST4Free: Pretty well laid out website. Lots of great VSTs on it. Easy to sift through

VST Categories: Drums, Synths, Instruments, Samplers, Vintage

VST Planet: Nicely laid out site. Good range of popular vsts and an “Editors Choice” list of plugins which is cool

VST Categories: Synths, Drums, Piano, Bass Synths, Organ

Gersic: “The Giant Plugins List” – really does have quite a lot of VSTs on it. 1957 in fact. Contains VST effects aswell as VST instruments. Good description for each plugin and pictures of all of them.

VST Categories: Ambience, Analog, Bass, Beat Slicer, Chip/LoTech, Drum, Frequency Modulation, Granular, Other, Phase Distortion, Physical Modeling, Sample Based

GTG Synths: Nice short list of only about 15 VSTS – quality over quantity on this site.

VST Categories: Synths, samplers, drums/percussion

AM VST : Nicely laid out site – great feature is that it gives you minimum system requirements for each vst. Only about 10 vsts on here.

VST Categories: Synths

Home Musician VST plugins : 29 free vst plugins – mainly synths – some vst effects too.

VST Categories: Synths

Free Plugin List : Easy to navigate – can search for Mac OS, or Windows, which is handy. Has wide range of plugins – random plugin selection also.

VST Categories: Mixed

Sad Glad : 670 VST plugins. Not a very attractive website, but it does the job. No ads anywhere on it. Directs you to the original homepages of the plugins, so if you’re searching for something specific, you’re better off just going to its website, rather than here.

VST Categories: All

Free Music Software: Clean site, easy to navigate. Has a number of good plugins on it.

VST Categories: Bass, ,Bass Guitar, Brass, Drum Machine, Drums, Electric Piano, Emulators, Exotic Instruments, Flute, Guitar, Lofi, Mellotron, Music Generator, Nature Sounds, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Strings, Synths

Audio Mastermind : Has one of the largest collections of vsts out there. Has pretty much everything you could want on it – 17348 links and 1112 categories.

VST Categories: All

TPG : Small amount of plugins – only about 12 overall. Quite harsh on the eyes – lots of retro synths on here.

VST Categories: Synths

VST Central : I’m having a hard time deciding if this is laid out well or not. In some ways its good and in other ways its difficult to follow. Handy in that it lists the OS for each VST, but not easy accessible in that you can’t sort by category – you have to search for a keyword, and hope it brings up what you want. Most of the links are user submitted which is different from the rest of the sites.

VST Categories: All

Shuttlebug Records : Mainly VST effects – some good ones on here, not much to offer though.

VST Categories: Synths, Effects

Free VST Blogspot : Some good VSTs on here. Not a huge range to offer, but worth a quick look

VST Categories: All

Free Loops : Generic VST site – has all the usual vsts on it, raning from instruments and synths to effects.

VST Categories: All

Destroy FX : Some good plugins on here, not a huge range, but whats on offer is good.

VST Categories: Mainly synths

Jeroen Bree Baart : Well laid out – allows you to download all of the vsts in a free .zip bundle which is nice.

VST Categories: All

Numerisson : Only windows VSTs on here. A good selection of VSTs

VST Categories: Synth and FX

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MDA : Well laid out – has a nice option to download all of the vsts in a bundle (one bundle for Windows and another bundle for Mac OS) – which is always nice

VST Categories: All

There you have it – a list of plenty of plugins for you to play around with. Honestly, I can say I havent tried many at all. However, one of my favourites that is just a lot of fun to play around with is Toad by Tweakbench – recreate those classic Nintendo sounds!

If you use Wavosaur for mastering / premastering, or signal analysis in a more general way, you need tools for audio analysis : spectrum analyzers, phase analyzers, sonogram.
Wavosaur comes with analyzers, you’ll find them in the ‘tools’ menu, along with oscilloscopes & statistics about the sound file (maximum sample peak, RMS power, average value.).

But you can also use VST plugins (for some people it can be more convenient).
We have searched deep deep inside deep deep down inside into the web, to find the best free VST plugins for audio analysis, here’s the selection:

1) Spectrum Analysis

1.1) Voxengo SPAN

This spectrum analyzer uses FFT to display the signal frequency in real time.
You can freeze the display, and use the mouse to shows dB values / Frequency value
Frequency is displayed in Hz and in musical note.
The Voxengo SPAN analyzer also displays statistics : RMS power, and it features a clipping detection.

best mixing app for mac More info and download @ http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/
It is worth mentioning these plugins too, freeware!

1.2) Mdsp SmartElectronix Fre(a)koscope

Very nice, with interesting options for the spectrum display : linear/logarithmic/semitones .
Adjustable size for the FFT buffer. Had sometimes display problem with Wavosaur.
More info and download @ http://mdsp.smartelectronix.com/freakoscope/

1.3) BlueCat FreqAnalyst

Like the previous VST effect, this one can show spectrum of left / right channel or both, has a “hold peak” feature that is interesting, when dealing with EQ level in your mix.
More info & download @ http://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_FreqAnalyst/

1.4) Seven phase Spectrum Analyzer

This one is freely resizable inside the host application (works in Wavosaur)
More info and download @ http://sevenphases.wordpress.com/spectrum-analyzer/

1.5) MultiInspector free

Download @ http://www.vertexdsp.com/downloads.html#MultiInspectorFree

2) Sonogram

2.1) ag-works sonogram sg-1

This free plugin displays a scrolling sonogram for frequency analysis.
You have the choice for the sonogram colors, and many options to tweak the sonogram displays
This is the only sonogram VST we have found for free ! Fortunaly it’s very good.
More info & download @ http://ag-works.net/plugins.sg1.htm

3) Goniometer

3.1) Flux Stereo Tool

When you need to visualize your stereo position, and the repartition in the field, this plugin is very useful. You can check for phase errors in your mixes.
download @ https://www.fluxhome.com/download

3.2) Gonio3

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download @ http://www.uk-music.de/index.php?page=downloads

3.3) HOFA 4U Goniometer & Korrelator

download @ http://hofa-plugins.de/pages/start_en/4u_en.php

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If you think that we have forget some free VST analyzer plugin in this list, do not hesitate to comment !

Edit:

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We just have found this pretty nice analyzer somewhere on our harddisk :

Dust Analyzer:

It provides three modes : spectrum / scope / phase , with “hold peak” option, freeze option, dB/Freq display with mouse, linear / logarithmic scale

more info & download @ KvR audio forum & http://www.signaldust.com/