Towards a reference
For a mix that is too dark, too bright or too heavy.
Breaks left alone
When a build-up or a sweep takes the bass out, SPECTRA doesn’t fill the gap. The drop hits the way it should.
Adaptive spectral shaper
Shape your perfect curve.
SPECTRA evens out resonances, build-ups and holes while the music plays. You draw the sound you want; it does the work.
Free for 30 days — no account, no card. €99 if you keep it.
Set it once. It keeps up all night.
Made to stay on, in the studio and live.
Your level stays yours
Auto gain keeps the level that comes in. No jumps, not even when the music stops for a moment.
No delay
Live mode has zero latency. Track after track, the balance stays where you set it.
A reference, or your own mix. You choose.
One knob, Follow, sets how far SPECTRA steers towards a reference or keeps your own balance.
Your own balance
Keeps your sound and only fixes what sticks out: resonances, build-ups, holes.
referenceyour mix
You draw, SPECTRA follows.
Drag six points to draw the sound you want. SPECTRA steers towards it, instead of working against you.
- Drag a point to move it, scroll to make it wider or narrower.
- Bell, shelf or cut for each point.
- Each point on stereo, mid or side.
Four knobs, three speeds.
Turn up what you need, and pick the speed that suits the job.
Shape
tonal balance
Smooths the overall tone.
Compress
resonances, in time
Catches a resonance the moment it rings.
Recover
lifts dips
Brings back what is hidden.
Tame
holds peaks
Holds back what sticks out.
Live
0ms
Live and recording
Standard
4ms
Mixing
Master
100ms
Mastering, no phase shift
Stereo or mid/side, and switching never clicks.
Try or buy
Hear it on your own music first.
Use the full version for 30 days. Like it? Buy a licence; it is the same download.
CNTRLLDSPECTRA
€99one-time
€149 — intro price until version 1. Incl. VAT.
Beta — current build …, release included
- VST3 + AU for macOS
- Yours to use on up to three of your own computers
- All three variants, L/R and M/S
- Every update through version 1, the release included
- Fully working 30-day trial, no noise bursts
Thank you — your licence is on its way by e-mail, and it is always waiting in your account. Taking you to the download…
Prices include VAT where applicable. Refund policy
Rock-solid, at every buffer size and sample rate.
Around a thousand automated checks on every build, for stability you never have to think about.
1–2048samples
Identical at any buffer size
A bounce sounds exactly like playback.
~1000
Automated checks
Tested on every build.
Hear change
Listen to only what SPECTRA changes.
True-peak limiter
Optional, on the output.
Windows is on the way
SPECTRA runs on Mac today. Leave your address and we’ll tell you when Windows is ready.
One e-mail, about the Windows release. Nothing else, and you can stop it with one click. We ask you to confirm by e-mail first.
Specs
| Formats | VST3 and AUWindows (VST3) is on the way |
|---|---|
| macOS | macOS 11 or laterUniversal: Apple Silicon and Intel. Tested on an M2 Pro and on a 2018 MacBook Pro with a Core i5. |
| Sample rates | 44.1 to 192 kHz |
| Latency | Live 0 ms · Standard 4 ms · Master 100 ms+1.35 ms with the limiter on. Reported to the host. |
| Channels | Mono and stereoIn stereo, as L/R or M/S. On a mono track Width, Link and M/S simply have nothing to work on. |
| Tested hosts | Reaper and Logic ProValidated with pluginval at its strictest level and with Apple’s auval on every build. |
| CPU | About 8 % of one core at 48 kHzMeasured on an M2 Pro with everything turned up; around 14 % on a 2018 MacBook Pro. At 96 kHz, roughly double. |
| Licence | A signed licence with your name on itWorks on up to three of your own computers, offline once activated. No iLok, no dongle. |
| Trial | 30 days, nothing held back |
Questions
Can I leave it on when it’s live?
Yes, that is what it’s made for. Zero latency in Live, breaks left alone, and your level stays where it was.
Is SPECTRA an EQ?
Partly. It measures the spectrum continuously and applies a correction that changes over time, towards a target. The EQ nodes you draw don’t filter the output directly; they change that target. So it’s closer to an automatic engineer with a brief than to a static EQ.
Which variant should I use?
Live for recording and anything monitored in real time, Standard for mixing, Master for mastering when you want no phase shift at all. They steer towards the same curve, so you can set up in Live and switch to Master for the bounce.
Will my bounce sound like playback?
Yes. The output is identical at every buffer size, so an offline render at a different block size gives the same result as what you heard.
Does it work on mid and side?
Every variant can run the whole engine on mid and side separately. The side’s correction fades out when the side is nearly empty, so it won’t boost noise.
What copy protection does it use?
The friendly kind. Your licence is a short piece of text with your name and e-mail in it, signed by us. The first time you paste it, SPECTRA activates that computer, once; after that it checks the licence on your own machine and works offline. No iLok, no dongle. The same licence works on up to three computers you use yourself, and moving it to another is a click in your account, as often as you like.
What if it doesn't work on my system?
Try the 30-day trial first — that is exactly what it is for. If you bought SPECTRA and it will not run properly on your machine, write to us within 14 days; we will try to fix it, and refund you if we cannot. See the refund policy.
Is there a trial?
Yes: the full plug-in for 30 days, with nothing held back — no noise bursts, no disabled controls. After that it stops passing audio until you activate it.