Does anyone know of a (LV2 or LADSPA) graphic-equalizer plugin which also functions as a spectral analyzer (i.e. plots real-time spectral data on the same axes, "behind" the equalizer)? The graphical alignment would simplify the location of rogue freq-bands and the monitoring of spectral response to EQing.
Alternatively, if a combined plugin doesn't exist yet: could anyone recommend a quality multiband-EQ, paired w/ a great (wavelet would be nice) analyzer?
I should also mention, I just started using Ardour and I haven't sifted through the troves of bundled plugins yet - maybe what I'm looking for is right under my nose?
Any advice or recommendations are welcome. Thanks,
- Ryan
Combined Spectral Analyzer/Equalizer Plugin?
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Re: Combined Spectral Analyzer/Equalizer Plugin?
this is not a plugin but the app called jamin (for mastering) has something along the lines you are describing.
install jamin, start it up from the terminal like this:
this will prevent automatic connections of its jack ports.
Then create an insert in an ardour track (or master bus to visualize the whole shebang in jamin):
connect the insert outputs to jamin inputs, and insert inputs to jamin outputs. Activate the insert, play back the track, and you should see something in jamin. You can hand draw the EQ curve or use the more rough multiband EQ. The curve is way more precise (1024 bands!).
Jamin is resource hungry (CPU) so you may consider it for mastering only.
install jamin, start it up from the terminal like this:
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jamin -p
Then create an insert in an ardour track (or master bus to visualize the whole shebang in jamin):
connect the insert outputs to jamin inputs, and insert inputs to jamin outputs. Activate the insert, play back the track, and you should see something in jamin. You can hand draw the EQ curve or use the more rough multiband EQ. The curve is way more precise (1024 bands!).
Jamin is resource hungry (CPU) so you may consider it for mastering only.
Re: Combined Spectral Analyzer/Equalizer Plugin?
I don't know of a single plugin or otherwise that does the whole job...
The two tools you want are patchage and jaaa (or japa)
Use patchage to connect the analyser (jaaa or japa) to the port you are interested in (say a track in ardour)... now use the window manager (right click on the title bar in kde or gnome) to set the analyser window above everything else and place it in a rarely used piece of screen. Either move, shade or minimise the window when it is getting in the way.
you should now have realtime spectral feedback for any plugin you wish to use on that given output....
The two tools you want are patchage and jaaa (or japa)
Use patchage to connect the analyser (jaaa or japa) to the port you are interested in (say a track in ardour)... now use the window manager (right click on the title bar in kde or gnome) to set the analyser window above everything else and place it in a rarely used piece of screen. Either move, shade or minimise the window when it is getting in the way.
you should now have realtime spectral feedback for any plugin you wish to use on that given output....