Dare To Compare

Spectre 1.2 sports three brand new "Compare" Meters. Also know as "transfer functions", these new meters compare two input signals spectrally. Features include the ability to set the delay on either trace any given amount.

There are three Compare Meters — Compare Spectra, Compare Phase and Coherence. See how well they compare.

Redesigned Audio Preferences

We have completely redesigned the audio preferences in Spectre 1.2. You can now disable unused input channels to reduce CPU usage. We've gone a step further by adding comprehensive playthrough control.

Go To Extremes

Say hello to the Low End & High End Meters. These meters are a direct result of user feedback and our commitment to developing user-driven software. They live up to their names. The Low End Meter displays frequencies from 1Hz to 60-200Hz in intervals of 1Hz.

The High End Meter displays frequencies from 6-16kHz to Nyquist at the highest possible display resolution. Remember, please send us your feedback and feature requests.

And That's Not All...

Spectre 1.2 is our most comprehensive release yet. There are over 20 new features and improvements including full-screen mode, new AES-17 & Average measurements types, Nordic & BBC/EBU ballistics, Average Difference ([X - Y] / 2) combination method, variable Spectrogram trace gain (0db to +60dB), support for plasq Wormhole2, searchable Keyboard Shortcuts, addition of our revolutionary integrated Help Desk and many, many more!

Real-time Sudio Multi-analyzer

Spectre is a multi-instrument real-time audio analyzer for Mac OS X. Designed in Cocoa from the ground up, Spectre proudly takes advantage of Quartz, OpenGL, CoreAudio, and other solid OS X interface features.

Flexibility & Precision

Spectre focuses squarely on live audio analysis by offering 17 different multi-channel and multi-trace meters. Each meter can have any number of traces or indicators, and each trace can have it's own number of input channels, mixing, filtering, ballistics and color (including transparency). You can have as many meters (or copies of meters) as your screen will allow! Spectre also gives you very precise control over color gradients.

Analyze From Anywhere

Spectre not only analyzes inputs from your audio hardware, but is also the first pro audio tool designed to receive input from network sources by using Apple's AUNetSend & AUNetReceive Audio Unit pair. With this feature, you can analyze audio from any Audio Unit insert on your multitrack or other Audio Unit host (such as Rax) to Spectre running on the same computer or another on your ethernet or wireless network.

Truth & Beauty

Spectre is extremely flexible and accurate in it's display — utilizing optimized OpenGL, Quartz Extreme and optimzed memory management. Each meter can be resized in realtime without interruption. Every meter has a set of useful factory presets, users may create their ballistics and gradients, and meter settings (or sets of meters) can be saved as files (send them to your friends!).

What You Need, When You Need It

Audiofile Engineering started in a studio, not a boardroom. Along the way, we realized one thing that plagued the world of audio software — inadequate end-user support. It has been our goal since day one to do everything we can to change this.

We take great pride in providing unparalleled technical support for our customers. Everything we do, even the process of developing our software, is done so with our customers in mind. We've gone to great lengths to improve our development workflow and quality control in order to prevent issues from happening in the first place. We've gone even further by implementing modern tools that allow us to support our customers better and faster than anyone else.

Introducing The Help Desk...

We had an idea — a big idea. What if a software application had everything it needed? Not just the features you need to get your work done, not just the bells and whistles and a pretty interface. What if we went even further? What if you could access all of our support resources IN the program? Now, that's an idea.

The Help Desk is totally unique to Audiofile Engineering software (patent pending, no kidding). Most Help menus launch your email application or your favorite web browser as soon as you choose an item. Not ours. Our revolutionary Help Desk gives you direct access to screencasts, documentation, release notes, software update options, license keys, debug options and support request submission and tracking. The Help Desk even tells you when manuals have been updated or new tutorials have been posted! You never have to leave the application, you always stay in the context of your work. You can submit your great feature request idea as soon as it comes to your mind without ever having to send an email or visit a website. It's a big idea, but we think it is an important one.

Audiofile Engineering creates unique and high-quality audio software exclusively for Mac OS X. All of our applications are written in 100% pure Cocoa and make extensive use of core technologies in Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. Because our software is written from the ground up in Cocoa, we are able to add features and fix issues significantly faster than other developers who are supporting legacy Carbon-based applications. As Mac OS X grows, so will our applications.