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Placed as an insert on your DAW’s stereo output, this plug-in superimposes the real‑time frequency spectrum of your own mix upon another frequency spectrum plot from a reference.
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Placed as an insert on your DAW’s stereo output, this plug-in superimposes the real‑time frequency spectrum of your own mix upon another frequency spectrum plot from a reference.

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