I’m currently using Cubase 8.5 Artist, and I’m wondering if it has Spectrum Analyzer.
If yes, could anyone please tell me where to find/how to use it?
Thank you!
There is a very basic spectrum analyzer availble via selecting an audio event, then from the Audio menu, “Spectrum Analzer”, which pops up a dialog asking for various parameters – just accept the defaults and click “Process”. This is a static analysis of the selected audio and not very useful, but better than nothing I suppose.
There are however many excellent free spectrum analyzer plugins avaialbe, for example Voxengo’s Span and AnSpec, or Blue Cat’s FreqAnalyst. For completeness, Cubase Pro has MultiScope, which also has a display mode similar to a lab measurement spectrum analyzer (as distinct from the bar graph style of 15- or 31-band analog devices).
Doesn’t the EQ panel of the main output already contain a spectrum analyzer?
True, I’d forgotten about that; in the MixConsole, all the EQs have a spectral display in the graphical panel for adjusting the EQ.
Is there a cutdown version of Voxengo SPAN in there?
The one I linked to is the free (“cut-down”) version … it’s still a great plugin, regularly updated and available in 64-bit and VST3 versions as well.
Here’s some info on using SPAN in Cubase: