Flux Pure Analyzer Essential
Flux Pure Analyzer Essential
The Flux:: Pure Analyzer System is a network-driven modular RTA-system providing an extensive range of analyzer options for any imaginable audio analysis and measurement applications.
For maximum flexibility and efficiency, Pure Analyzer presents the option to separate the signal acquisition from the analysis utilizing a Sample grabber plug-in, and in addition to the Sample grabber plug-in, Pure Analyzer also provide I/O support for ASIO and Core Audio.
Sample Grabber
Sample grabber is a standard DAW plug-in available in all common formats (VST, AU, RTAS and TDM) that acquires the source and response signals and sends the signal through the network using the ZeroConf/Apple Bonjour protocol.
You can insert as many instances of Sample grabber plug-ins as required, on the same DAW, different DAWs, and even different computers altogether, and the Sample grabber also support surround configurations. The network configuration setup for the Pure Analyzer System is entirely automatic and transparent to the user.
The audio transport requires approximately 1.4Mbps for each channel at a sample rate of 44.1kHz, so a properly configured standard Ethernet 100Mbps network should be more than sufficient to handle most cases. A 5.1 configuration at 96kHz demands a little less than 20Mbps. Naturally these requirements do not apply when using both Sample grabber and analyzer on the same hardware.
Pure Analyzer Essential
The foundation of the Pure Analyzer System is a standalone application, Pure Analyzer Essential, which can be extended with modules for Live, Metering/Loudness and Surround analysis, performing the graphic analysis rendering using a GPU-efficient 2D/3D graphic engine. The engine is based on the OpenGL standard optimizing the audio-to-visual experience utilizing the GPU on the built in graphics card.
The Pure Analyzer Essential application receives the sample feeds from the Sample grabber and analyzes them in real time. The Pure Analyzer provides the option to receive data from several different Sample grabber plug-ins on the network, and analyze the received data in parallel by selecting the actual corresponding Sample grabber to be the current source for the analysis with a simple button click. In addition to this, the input streams from the physical ASIO/Core Audio I/O can also be selected as the current source for the analysis in the same simplistic fashion.
Add-on Modules
As a complement to the Pure Analyzer Essential, three different add-on modules, all providing specific tools for their actual field of usage, are currently available. In order to use any of the add-on modules, the Pure Analyzer Essential is required.
Available add-on modules are:
Pure Analyzer Metering
Pure Analyzer Live
Pure Analyzer Multichannel
Basic Requirement (Mandatory!)
The Pure Analyzer Essential is required in order to run any of the add-on modules; Pure Analyzer Metering, Pure Analyzer Live or Pure Analyzer Multichannel.
Main Features
Basic metering
Peak meter
Basic RMS meter
Fully customizable scale and ballistics
Phase meter
Weighting filters
ITU-R BS.1770-2 (K-weighting)
ANSI A
ANSI B
ANSI C
Real-time spectrum analyzer
Standard FFT or unique Flux:: Spectrum representation
Block size up to 64 K
Configurable analysis window
Rectangular
Barlett
Blackman
Hamming
Hann
Amplitude or power frequency scaling
Time-averaging
Continuously running
Fill/freeze refresh/display cycle
User-adjustable length up to 200 frames
Max (accumulated) or running mode
Display channels’ sum or a number of channels, user-selected
User-adjustable fixed range or automatic range
Simultaneous display of:
Raw, full-resolution curve
Smoothed curve with user-adjustable detail setting
Peak curve
Independently adjustable curve ballistics
Peak tracking with user definable frequency range and several display variations
Keyboard and mouse frequency-axis zoom
Fully-customizable curve visual options
Spectrogram Display
Color modes
Power grading
Frequency grading
Range Min
Range Max
Vector Scope
Internal processing up to 768 KHz
Auto-scaling
Fully adjustable display
Blending
Fading
Blurring
Scaling
Several color modes
Static color
Power grading
Dynamic grading
Power + Dynamic grading
Nebula stereo (Front projection only)
Unique spectrum over space scope, providing real-time visualization of the the audio content in the stereo space-frequency domain.
Auto-scaling with user adjustable ballistics
Focus Control
Linear or logarithmic blending
Fully adjustable display
Fading / persistence
Blurring
Scaling
Choice of color modes
Power grading: color varies according to signal power
Dynamic grading : color varies according to signal dynamics
Power/dynamic grading : combines both previous modes
Frequency grading : color varies according to frequency
Channel-selection with surround input content
Oscilloscope
Multi-channel
Zero-crossing trigger
Basic Requirement (Mandatory!)
The Pure Analyzer Essential is required in order to run any of the add-on modules; Pure Analyzer Metering, Pure Analyzer Live or Pure Analyzer Multichannel.
Processing Specifications
Mono and Stereo analysis
Sample rates up to 384 KHz
Network support with the SampleGrabber plug-in (Password-protected audio stream encryption)
Extremely efficient OpenGL based graphics rendering engine, capable of up to 120 fps
Independent display and time-code frame rates
Auto-pause controlled by user-defined threshold
System requirements
Pure Analyzer is built around Flux::’s new 2D/3D efficient graphic engine, which employs full GPU-acceleration utilizing an OpenGL-compliant graphics card.
In order to experience the outstanding graphical response in Pure Analyzer and to fully take advantage of the software’s analysis capabilities, using a modern nVidia or ATI Radeon graphics card is recommended.
Older, and other less efficient graphics cards do not have the required performance and specifications, and will offload too much work to the CPU.
The processor is an important factor as well, and we recommend using at least and Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i5 or newer architecture processor. AMD processors are also supported, but might exhibit lower performance, as they do not offer the same capabilities and optimizations as Intel CPUs.
System recommendations
Minimum requirements
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2 GHz
GPU: OpenGL 2.0 or superior compatible, with pixel-shader support
Recommended configuration
CPU: Intel Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz or better
GPU: AMD/ATI Radeon or nVidia video-card. Intel integrated graphics are not powerful enough and should be avoided.
Common requirements
A free USB port to connect the Flux:: or iLok dongle.
Notes
Please make sure that the latest version of vendor-provided optimized drivers are installed for your graphics card. Generic drivers may contain bugs and are in general less up-to-date with optimizations presented in drivers specific to your particular graphics card model.
Compatibility, Pure Analyzer Application (32/64-bit compatible)
Operating Systems
Windows – XP, Vista, 7
Mac OS X – 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
Hardware IO support
ASIO (Windows)
Core Audio (Mac OS X)
Compatibility, SampleGrabber plug-in (32-bit compatible using 64-bit internal processing)
All major native formats and TDM (Venue D-Show compatible)* are supported.
Windows – XP, Vista, 7
VST (2.4)
RTAS*
TDM*
Mac OS X – 10.5, 10.6, 10.7
VST (2.4)
AU
RTAS*
TDM*
*The TDM/RTAS version requires ProTools 7 or later.
