Spectrum Alternatives

Spectrum is described as 'Modeled after the spectrum effect in Ableton Live , Spectrum is a free and open-source web app that shows frequencies of an MP3 or OGG file in real-time' and is an website. There are six alternatives to Spectrum, not only websites but also apps for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Spectrum alternative is Lossless Audio Checker, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Spectrum are auCDtect Task Manager, Spectro, Audiochecker and Tau Analyzer.

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Spectrum alternatives page was last updated Oct 24, 2016
  1. Lossless Audio Checker icon
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    Lossless Audio Checker is a utility to check whether a FLAC or WAVE file is truly lossless or not, by detecting cutoff frequencies. It can show you the full frequency range for each file.

    6 Lossless Audio Checker alternatives
    Lossless Audio Checker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    Lossless Audio Checker Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Audio Analysis
    Lossless Audio Checker iconSpectrum Icon

    Lossless Audio Checker VS Spectrum

    Is this a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
    • Lossless Audio Checker is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Spectrum.

    • Lossless Audio Checker is the most popular free alternative to Spectrum.

    • Lossless Audio Checker is Free and ProprietarySpectrum is Free and Open Source
  2. auCDtect Task Manager icon
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    auCDtect Task Manager is a free GUI tool that lets you check if your lossless audio files were upconverted from a "lossy" file format.

    6 auCDtect Task Manager alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    auCDtect Task Manager Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Audio Analysis
    Discontinued

    Official Website is down and there have been no releases since 2016.

    auCDtect Task Manager iconSpectrum Icon

    auCDtect Task Manager VS Spectrum

    Is this a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
  3. Spectro icon
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    Spectro is a freeware audio file analyzer for windows. Currently capable of reading FLAC, APE, MP3 and WAV files. Spectro lets you view vital data about compressed audio files and creates a spectrogram of the wave data.

    19 Spectro alternatives
    Lossless FLAC file loaded

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Spectro Features

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Spectrogram view
    Spectro iconSpectrum Icon

    Spectro VS Spectrum

    Is Spectro a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
  4. Audiochecker icon
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    Audiochecker is a tiny and portable tool which analyzes the source of WAV, LPAC, SHN, APE and FLAC audio formats, in order to verify if the encoding is lossless. If not, it means that the files in question are converted from other formats with lower quality, such as MP3.

    6 Audiochecker alternatives
    Audiochecker screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Audiochecker Features

    1.  Audio Analysis
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer developed. Last version, 2.0 Build 457 Beta, released in June 2006, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.com

    Audiochecker iconSpectrum Icon

    Audiochecker VS Spectrum

    Is Audiochecker a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
  5. Tau Analyzer icon
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    Tau Analyzer is a free program, which can help you to distinguish with reasonable accuracy the original studio-based CDs from poor quality fakes, that have been "reconstructed" using a lossy audio source, such as MP3.

    5 Tau Analyzer alternatives
    Tau Analyzer screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Tau Analyzer Features

    1.  Lossless Audio
    2.  Audio Analysis
    Tau Analyzer iconSpectrum Icon

    Tau Analyzer VS Spectrum

    Is Tau Analyzer a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
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    a real-time audio visualization tool (animated, 3D).

    4 sndpeek alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    sndpeek Features

    1.  Sound Effects
    Spectrum Icon

    sndpeek VS Spectrum

    Is sndpeek a good alternative to Spectrum?
     
    • sndpeek is the most popular Open Source alternative to Spectrum.

    • sndpeek is Free and Open SourceSpectrum is also Free and Open Source
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