Tempo
Bar-based windows in sync with the DAW. Each pass restarts with playback or a seek.
Oscilloscope · VST3 · AU
See every transient. An oscilloscope with frequency layers and sidechain — at zero latency.
Wave · Spectral
One signal, two views.
Wave shows the complete waveform. Spectral splits the same signal into low, mid and high bands.
- Lowbelow 250 Hz
- Kick, bass and sub. See where the low end piles up.
- Mid250 Hz – 3 kHz
- Snare body, vocals, harmony and the core energy of the mix.
- Highabove 3 kHz
- Hats, attacks and air — what makes transients readable.
Hide the layers you don’t need to follow a single band.
Sidechain
Two signals, one timeline.
Route a second signal to the sidechain — a kick, for example — and compare its timing and shape with your main signal.
- OverlayOn top of each other
- Your signal and the sidechain share the same axes and scale. See at a glance whether the kick lines up with the 808 and where ducking kicks in.
- SplitIn separate lanes
- Each signal gets its own lane while the timeline stays shared. For material where overlapping shapes are hard to read.
Sidechain comparison is available in Wave mode.
Freeze · Hold · Reset
Freeze and compare passes.
Freeze the graph to study the detail, compare it with the previous pass or start over.
- Freeze
- Stops the graph without touching the audio. Unfreezing starts a new pass.
- Hold
- Keeps the previous pass as a dim trace behind the current one — ideal for comparing repeats.
- Reset
- Clears the capture, the held pass and retained meter values.
Time window
A time window for any material.
A short window for a single transient. A long one for envelopes, repeats and timing.
Live
Capture ignores the transport and keeps running while the DAW is stopped. For live inputs and synths.
Scroll
History flows continuously across the display instead of redrawing inside a fixed window.
With Tempo
- 1/16
- 1/8
- 1/4
- 1/2
- 1
- 2
- 4
Without Tempo
1 ms5 s
Input and display
Input, scale and range.
Choose the channel, the scale and the frequency range — and keep only what matters on screen.
- 01Input
- Peak · L · R · M · S
Peak follows the louder channel and keeps its polarity. L and R isolate the channels, M shows what they share, S only the stereo difference.
- 02Gain
- −24 … +24 dB
Scale the graph for quiet material or a hot master. Defaults to 0 dB and never changes the output or meter values.
- 03Range · Listen
- 20 Hz – 20 kHz
Narrow the visible frequency range and turn on Listen to audition only that region — before you reach for an EQ.
- 04Meter
- Peak · RMS · Crest
Click the meter to cycle peak, average energy and the gap between them — a quick read on transient contrast.
System and hosts
Works in your DAW.
VST3 and AU on macOS, VST3 on Windows. No iLok, no dongle.
macOS
SystemmacOS 11 or later
ProcessorApple Silicon · Intel
FormatsVST3 · AU
Windows
SystemWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit
ProcessorIntel · AMD
FormatsVST3
Ableton Live
FL Studio
Logic Pro
Cubase / Nuendo
Fender Studio Pro
REAPER
Bitwig StudioAlso works in other VST3 and AU hosts · Minimum screen 1280 × 800
Free
The full version. Free.
No trial period and no locked features.
Before you install
Short answers.
How much does NopeScope cost?
NopeScope is free — no trial period and no limitations. Download the installer for your system directly from this page.
Does NopeScope affect the sound?
No. NopeScope does not process audio or add latency. The one exception is band listening: while it is on, you hear only the selected frequency range.
How is NopeScope different from the scope in NopeRef?
It is the same scope as a standalone free plug-in. In NopeRef it also compares your signal against a reference and works alongside the reference library and seven other analyzers.
How do I connect a sidechain?
Route a send to the NopeScope sidechain input in your DAW, then turn on sidechain comparison in the plug-in. Comparison is available in Wave mode. Routing varies by DAW — see the documentation.
Is Spectral a spectrogram?
No. Spectral is still a scope: it splits the signal into low, mid and high bands and draws each as its own waveform.
