# Spectro as separate process in Reaper

**URL:** https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-as-separate-process-in-reaper/783
**Category:** Spectro
**Created:** [October 14, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-as-separate-process-in-reaper/783 "2011-10-14T12:29:51Z")
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### Author: ![seedmuse](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@seedmuse](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/seedmuse)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-as-separate-process-in-reaper/783/1 "2011-10-14T12:29:51Z")

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How do I invoke spectro as a separate process in reaper?

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### Author: ![scott](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/user_avatar/forums.stillwellaudio.com/scott/32/312_2.png) [@scott](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/scott)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-as-separate-process-in-reaper/783/2 "2011-10-14T17:03:50Z")

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That’s really more of a REAPER question than a Spectro question, but I’ll take it on! 🙂

When get to the "Add FX to track: " dialog, just right-click the effect (Spectro, in this case) and Run As \> Separate Process. After that, you can add the plugin to your project and it will load as a separate process.

You can also set that default in Options \> Preferences \> Plug-ins \> Compatibility, which will affect how all plugins load by default.

Scott