Spectre 1.5.6

Spectre is an audio plugin that combines the best features of an enhancer coupled with a graphical parametric EQ.

Spectre processes the difference between the input signal and the EQ signal, introducing harmonic content to just the part of the spectrum that you want from a variety of saturation algorithms based on classic recording hardware.

Spectre can be used on individual tracks, sub-mixes, the entire mix and is ideal for mastering.

Insert it in a track and see for yourself what Spectre can do for you.
Available in VST, VST3, AU and AAX formats for Mac and Windows (64 bit only).

Spectre does not work like a conventional EQ. Spectre introduces harmonic content that was not in the original recording, bringing colour and life to the sound, not possible with a conventional EQ. This ability to offer almost phantom content across the audio spectrum led us to the name Spectre.

Spectre process the incoming audio with a five band parallel EQ, it extracts the difference between this signal and the dry input and process it through one of the ten saturation algorithms included, then it mixes it back with the dry input. The result is a signal with character, full of color, with bigger and warmer low frequencies, shiny shimmering highs and powerful mids.

It can bring dull recordings back to life, it can make a bass track more suitable for small speakers and it can even work as a high-end stereo widener thanks to the mid / side matrix.
Spectre lets you sculpt the sound of your tracks with an easy and familiar EQ workflow.

Spectre is more versatile than a simple enhancer as you can choose from ten different saturation algorithms to get different colours per band. It can go from the warmth of valve to a harsh digital clipper, from creamy tape saturation to a chip bit crusher.

Tube.
Warm Tube.
Solid.
Tape.
Diode.
Class B.
Bit.
Digital.
Rectify.
Half Rectify.

You’ll find an additional mode which can be really useful: Clean. This mode doesn’t saturate the difference signal, converting Spectre into a parallel EQ where the results feel extremely natural, almost like if there were no process at all. It takes away the harshness of traditional EQ plugins and brings in the sweetness of parallel processors.