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 Studio 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!).

Our Vision

Audiofile Engineering began in a recording studio, not in a corporate boardroom in an office building. As musicians and engineers who have invested blood, sweat, and tears into the world of creative audio software, we are too often surprised by an ugly truth: end-user support is seriously lacking.

From day one at Audiofile Engineering we have devoted ourselves to keeping in touch with our user base. We believe that the center of our business, and even the process of creating our software, rests within each and every one of our customers – with you. And if you run into trouble, we want to be there to help.

Not Your Parents' Help Menu

Actual, honest-to-goodness, end-user tech support is built-in to every one of our apps. Look in each application's menu for Support and check it out.

Learn more by watching our tutorial Screencasts, check for an update of the software, read Release Notes and new features, manage your License keys, or communicate with a real, living, human being on our Support staff.

The Help Desk tab is where you can let us know when you believe you've found a bug, or when you have a great idea for a future feature, and even review all past communications with the Support Team. No more digging through emails, or following links in your web browser. We've put the most important bits right at your fingertips.

We're All In This Together

We work hard to provide unparalleled technical support, and strive to keep improving our development workflow and quality control to prevent issues from happening in the first place. We utilize modern and effective tools that allow us to support you in the best way possible, no matter where in the world you are.

But we can't do it alone – we need you to stay in contact.

Tell us when you need help, let us know when things aren't working the way you expect and especially when they seem unclear. Send us your most desired feature requests, and share stories about how you are using and enjoying the software we've created. This feedback will give us what we need to continue to build and refine the most useful and enjoyable applications you've ever used.

When in doubt, just email us directly at support@audiofile-engineering.com.

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.