Voxengo Span: 5 Awesome Features You Might Not Know

Here are 5 awesome tricks you might not know about Voxengo Span. We all use it, but do we know how to get the most out of it?

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Let me know what tools or plugins you'd like to learn better!

[@sjonesreal]

Bro thought you was Nicolas cage good stuff

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Glad you liked it! You know, you're not the first to say this...maybe I should randomly throw in some quotes and see who catches them...

[@jayarecordsofficial]

Thankyou !

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

You're welcome! Happy to help.

[@shannonia81]

This was great. I only knew one of the features you mentioned.

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Glad to help! I use SPAN all the time and was excited when I learned these, so I had to share!

[@TracingFlares]

Thanks so much😊

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Not a problem! Hope it helps!

[@user-jk8kk3ko4m]

The free Span also supports multitrack (VST2 version, you can add for compare up to 4 channels in stereo or up to 8 channels in mono, but only 2 channels visible at a time) not as cool as in span plus, more fiddling with the setup, but it's better than nothing.

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll have to check it out. It's a really useful feature!

[@user-jk8kk3ko4m]

@@idlethoughtsmusic check out TDR Prism too, it's also free with a multitrack (up to 4 tracks), it's much easier to set up

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

That looks cool, I'll have to check that out!

[@sgg6927]

I don't suppose you can post a link for the VST2 version? On the Voxengo site they only have the most recent version available for free.

[@user-jk8kk3ko4m]

@@sgg6927 on the official website, the installer includes vst (vst = vst2), select vst 64 bit in the checkbox

[@buzzandjim4265]

i said put the bunny back in the box thanks for sharing this valuable info..respect

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

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[@LM0]

Thanks learned some stuff; feel like it would be worth mentioning that you can save static spectrographs from other tracks to compare to yours. That was originally the main way I used the plug-in but now expanding..

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

That's an excellent point, thanks for pointing it out! There are so many useful ways to use this plugin.

[@mirrorcube3709]

i came to this video to try to figure out how to do this lol

[@OLEKSAJEDIX]

short yet very helpful vid

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

Glad it helped! Span is pretty awesome and there's lots of useful features in it!

[@OLEKSAJEDIX]

@@idlethoughtsmusic Exactly 💯, my workflow and music quality has improved a lot since I started using span vst

[@russ254]

wait a second, span is free!

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

The standard version is free, but they also have a paid "span plus" version with extra features.

[@kiminthemix4251]

the scroll wheel doesn't work on my span plus. How to enable it?

[@idlethoughtsmusic]

I'm not sure what could be causing you trouble - it should work by default. I tested mine again on Span Plus versions 1.17 and the on latest, version 1.22. The scroll wheel works when hovering over the X/Y sliders (turn the wheel when hovering over the slider to increase or decrease the range), when setting the filter width (Ctrl + click and hold + turn scroll wheel), or when taking a screenshot (click the scroll wheel), and it worked for both versions. It also worked for Span (free) versions 3.13 and 3.15. I'm running Ableton 11 on Windows and I'm not having any trouble. If you're still having trouble and you've tried all these things, you could message the developer on the Voxengo website (click the Support button on top and send him a message). It says he's currently on vacation, but he'll respond after he returns. Perhaps you've got a unique setup (DAW, OS, or something that isn't agreeing) and this could give him some valuable feedback, and he could find a solution for you. Good luck!