diff --git a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Params/PADnoteParameters.cpp b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Params/PADnoteParameters.cpp
index 94599e72f..a44da25ab 100644
--- a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Params/PADnoteParameters.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/src/Params/PADnoteParameters.cpp
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ void PADnoteParameters::applyparameters(bool lockmutex)
 {
     const int samplesize   = (((int) 1) << (Pquality.samplesize + 14));
     int      spectrumsize = samplesize / 2;
-    REALTYPE spectrum[spectrumsize];
+    REALTYPE *spectrum = new REALTYPE[spectrumsize];
     int      profilesize  = 512;
     REALTYPE profile[profilesize];
 
@@ -653,6 +653,8 @@ void PADnoteParameters::applyparameters(bool lockmutex)
     delete (fft);
     deleteFFTFREQS(&fftfreqs);
 
+	delete[] spectrum;
+
     //delete the additional samples that might exists and are not useful
     if(lockmutex) {
         pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);