# Spectro not saving edits in Reaper

**URL:** https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706
**Category:** Spectro
**Created:** [June 22, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706 "2024-06-22T12:35:26Z")
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### Author: ![edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/edwillys)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706/1 "2024-06-22T12:35:26Z")

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Hello,

I’ve been trying the Spectro 3.0.3 recently in Reaper (v6.82) on Windows 11. The plugin itself works fine and the problem I have is that after saving the project and restarting reaper, the edits in the Spectro plugin are not retained and I basically need to start from scratch again. Do you have any idea what might be going on?

Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![Top\_Jimmy](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Top\_Jimmy](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/Top_Jimmy)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706/2 "2024-06-23T19:55:02Z")

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I don’t have an answer for you but I do have a suggestion. I’m not familiar with whatever Reaper calls applying the plugins to a track, but it could be render or bounce or something similar. After you’ve done your edits and are happy with the results, render the track so the edits are baked in that way you don’t have to rely on everything coming back ok in Spectro.

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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: [June 24, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706/3 "2024-06-24T12:24:20Z")

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Make sure that you haven’t checked the “Disable saving full plugin state” option in REAPER’s Preferences \> Plug-ins \> Compatibility. That’s the only thing that comes to mind at the moment.

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### Author: ![edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/edwillys)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706/4 "2024-06-27T07:24:38Z")

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Thanks for the hint but no, this is not checked. My current work-around is to use the spectral editor from Reaper itself, which I discovered shortly after posting this question.

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### Author: ![edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@edwillys](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/u/edwillys)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.stillwellaudio.com/t/spectro-not-saving-edits-in-reaper/3706/5 "2024-06-27T07:25:55Z")

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This would indeed work. However, If I later change my mind and want to change the previous tracks before the render, I wouldn’t be able to.