We show spectral invariance for faithful $$*$$
∗
-representations for a class of twisted convolution algebras. More precisely, if G is a locally compact group with a continuous 2-cocycle c for which the corresponding Mackey group $$G_c$$
G
c
is $$C^*$$
C
∗
-unique and symmetric, then the twisted convolution algebra $$L^1 (G,c)$$
L
1
(
G
,
c
)
is spectrally invariant in $${\mathbb {B}}({\mathcal {H}})$$
B
(
H
)
for any faithful $$*$$
∗
-representation of $$L^1 (G,c)$$
L
1
(
G
,
c
)
as bounded operators on a Hilbert space $${\mathcal {H}}$$
H
. As an application of this result we give a proof of the statement that if $$\Delta $$
Δ
is a closed cocompact subgroup of the phase space of a locally compact abelian group $$G'$$
G
′
, and if g is some function in the Feichtinger algebra $$S_0 (G')$$
S
0
(
G
′
)
that generates a Gabor frame for $$L^2 (G')$$
L
2
(
G
′
)
over $$\Delta $$
Δ
, then both the canonical dual atom and the canonical tight atom associated to g are also in $$S_0 (G')$$
S
0
(
G
′
)
. We do this without the use of periodization techniques from Gabor analysis.