I'm currently using Youlean Loudness Meter + Scyllascope + Stock spectrum and MStereoScope to analyse my audio. I want to streamline that and have more/better functionalities in one plugin.

Can you recommend a quality audio metering Suite ?
Please do not include Insight 2 and Tonal Balance 3 from Izotope as I prefer not to use Native Instruments related plugins.

ATM I know about

ADPTR Audio Metric AB
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/products/metric-ab
SPL HawkEye
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/products/hawkeye
PSP Metra
https://www.pspaudioware.com/products/psp-metra

Metric AB seems to be the more complete of the 3 but I'm not digging the UI.
Other two seems good but I'm not into that whole Plugin Alliance thing.

Looking for alternatives
Thanks for helping !

 

Metric AB will always be my preference. But there is also IK MM Metering and Flux Analyzer.

 

Hello @OffshoreBanking;

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https://process.audio/en/products/decibel/manual

 

Bro you should try out Goodhertz loudness, its free and it has all the metering info you could ever hope for, since using it i haven't even searched for a better one or a paid plugin. With the missing oscilloscope or the spectrum I'd go for the minimeters plugins which work separate from the daw but can be connected via an audio server in the master channel.

 

FX23 - Psyscope
Mercurial Tones - Scepter
dsp-dealer - Inspect

Excite audio - VISION 4X

 

FLUX Mira
https://www.flux.audio/project/mira/

 

I liked Izotopes Insight for a while.
ATM the stock analyzer of Cubendo is sufficient for my needs.
//Edit//
Oh my bad... Didn't read properly... But have you checked what your DAW offers nowadays? I didn't know for years that they integrated everything I needed l.
BTW I'm so with you not to use NI.
The Nugen stuff is good too.

 

Last edited: Jun 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM

I use Insight 2 because they gave it away for free some months back as a promotion. I'd never pay the MSRP because $200+ for an analyzer is a bit much for regular audio production and mixing stages. but when you include it's interconnectivity with all your channels using the Relay plugin, it's pretty hard to beat. Finding a k'd version is not all that difficult.

I would probably switch to Nugen Visualizer, if not for the free copy of Insight 2. For the other plugins you are using, I'd get Oszillos Mega Scope and call it a day. I remember you mentioning making some electronic music genres? So yeah, Mega Scope would be my pick if you are going to buy one of these.

 

An Izotope free product vs Nugen super high prices....
Metric ADPTR is hard to beat anyway. I have Insight 2 and hawkeye. Hawkeye is outdated, at least visually. Insight 2 is fine but ADPTR does it all. Comparative too.

I'm still amazed at how Nugen prices seem high.

Tokyo dawn Prism is free and only mesures spectrum but it is one of my favorite.

Splitting functions in several dedicated plugins like you did is a great idea too.

I'd go Prism for spectrum, Bx-meter for Loudness, and Voxengo correlometer for multiband correlation. 2 of them are free, the third is cheap.