Nugen Audio

Nugen Audio Visualizer
$199
A sort of ‘modular visualiser’, this one offers multiple
ways to inquisite your audio signals, all of which can
be switched in or out as you like – all within a resizable
interface to help you customise things even further.
There’s a level meter, spectrum analysers and
spectrograms, a vectorscope, lissajous meter, two
correlation meters and a polar meter, all of which can
be switched in or out, making the interface bigger or
smaller. Said interface is also resizable, making it very
useful for placing anywhere you see fit, including its own
dedicated monitor.
The UI itself is responsive when resized and re-
ordered, although the visuals themselves could do with
something of an update, which is a shame in a plugin
so focused on the visuals. Fonts and text are also a little
dated, but again, the visualisation data itself has a lot
of substance to it. This is a very comprehensive, if not
comprehensively slick, visualiser toolkit. It could be the
only one you ever need, if you’re happy with the graphics
themselves… and the price of course.
nugenaudio.com
VERDICT 8.7
Mid, Side, Mid/Side, Left,
Right, Stereo and Mono view
options (one at a time). Signals
are displayed with a very nice
aesthetic, with a dedicated
colour for each of those just
mentioned. The interface is
completely customisable in
size, letting you have it large,
small, square, letterbox,
portrait… whatever works on
your setup.
Over in the settings panel,
you can customise the curve
behaviour, resolution and
weighting (Tilt). There’s also the
ability to save a snapshot of
your current curve profile (hit
Record and then Stop when
you’re done), in order to
compare it to currently playing
frequencies in the main
analyser window. This could
become your new go-to analyser
very quickly!
gramotech.co.uk
VERDICT 8.9
Himiltungl
Labs The
Seeker FREE
This “analogue style” frequency
analyser was the winner of
KVR’s Developer Challenge
2018. With a choice between
one-per-octave and 192-per-
octave bands, the plugin uses
not just height on the Y axis to
denote amplitude, but also
brightness to denote the
dynamics of any given band.
Add to this the tweaks over
resolution and integration time
(release), and you’ve got an
analyser that can tell you a few
things that others can’t.
The Seeker is free to play,
and its unique insights can give
you a little more info about the
state of your tracks, so there’s
little reason not to see if you
find it useful.
kvraudio.com
VERDICT 8.2
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