SPAN: free metering plugin by Voxengo
Spectrum analyzer. See what's going on in your low end.
Opens Voxengo's own site.
Put SCRAMBLE. on your drums, 808s and vocals
One button rolls a new FX chain: glitch, stutter, tape stop, chops, reverb, delay and vocal tune. There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible chains, the same count as the positions of a 3x3 cube. Save 10,000 presets a day and 1% of them would take 118 billion years, over 8x the age of the universe.
Not just loops: drum buses, 808s and bass, hats, vocals and the master bus. 3,000+ downloads so far.
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SPAN FAQ
Is SPAN free?
Yes. SPAN is a free metering plugin from Voxengo. The button on this page goes straight to the maker's own download page.
What is SPAN good for?
Spectrum analyzer. See what's going on in your low end.
What are the best alternatives to SPAN?
Other free metering plugins worth trying are Youlean Loudness Meter (free), MAnalyzer and mvMeter2. See the full ranked list of free metering plugins.