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Re: EQ VTS

Post by Depone » Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:49 pm

Dubbel Shot wrote:
3za wrote:fruity parametric eq 2
This is all I use really for EQ'ing.

Does the job and is nice and easy to use. Although I've never really looked at anything else really.

Really liking the look of this.
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Re: EQ VTS

Post by abZ » Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:05 am

I'll be totally honest I can't get a grip on the subtleties of each eq. I tend to use the eq8 in ableton. So quick to get any type of eqing I want. I use the bootsyeq sometimes too. I don't do much analysis either I think it is too clinical a way to make music, need to use your ears ultimately anyway.

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by nowaysj » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:12 am

The analyzer is nice to have sometimes. Of course you're going to use your ears, but it is nice to be able to check, especially if your damn ears are deceiving you, which we both know happens on occasion. Slutty ears. One of the reasons that I like the sonalksis eq, it defaults to spectrogram off, so you can go about eq'ing as normal, but if something isn't working right, you can switch it on.

I think discerning the different sonic qualities of eq requires pretty good ears and pretty good monitoring.

I don't know if psp makes a demo for sQuad, but try it out and a/b with ableton's eq. I will bet that you like sQuad's sound. Read the short manual too, clue you into some of the features that make squad so good.
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Re: EQ VTS

Post by yellowhighlighter » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:15 pm

i recently started use voxengo glisseq and i like it alot although i will admit that now that i'm using it im relying on the spectrum analyzer more than i usually would. other than that i just use the default eqs in renoise or reason. but i also like bootsy eq and pushtec leftover lasagna.

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by Brisance » Sun Apr 04, 2010 1:56 pm

3za wrote:fruity parametric eq 2
this

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by JFK » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:24 pm

yellowhighlighter wrote:i recently started use voxengo glisseq and i like it alot although i will admit that now that i'm using it im relying on the spectrum analyzer more than i usually would. other than that i just use the default eqs in renoise or reason. but i also like bootsy eq and pushtec leftover lasagna.
What do you mean "relying on the spectrum" analyzer Yellow?

[Edit] - You mean instead of just using your ears right? Nothing wrong with that man....

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by Depone » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:07 pm

I use my ears obviously, but i also heavily rely on spectral analysers. I need to know exactly what happening, even if you cant hear it, I shall filter it. Overall makes my mixes extra clean how i like em.

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by JFK » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:11 pm

Depone wrote:I use my ears obviously, but i also heavily rely on spectral analysers. I need to know exactly what happening, even if you cant hear it, I shall filter it. Overall makes my mixes extra clean how i like em.
Yeah, same as man.

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by abcgle » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:11 pm

so i ended up splashing out and getting the pro-q still working my way around it, but i can tell its going to be good for my tunes

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by Sharmaji » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:32 pm

Depone wrote:I use my ears obviously, but i also heavily rely on spectral analysers. I need to know exactly what happening, even if you cant hear it, I shall filter it. Overall makes my mixes extra clean how i like em.
analysis in EQ plugs just lets you work faster... if you're listening closely, you'll probably eventually figure out (for example) that something needs to be boosted at like 2.1khz and something needs to be cut at 3.2... if yr working with an analyser , you'll just find those sweet spots faster.

or not-- i like the stillwell audio vibe eq for, you know... vibe.
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Re: EQ VTS

Post by alphacat » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:38 pm

While I still think monitoring/playback on as many different types of speakers as possible is a good thing, I'm still working on my mixes and feel like they still have a long way to go.

I'm always amazed when I hear people say they don't use studio monitors and mainly rely on signal analysis to do their mixes (think Breakage said this, for example.) Wanna learn how to do this and incorporate it into my mixdowns.

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by deadly_habit » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:47 pm

alphacat wrote:While I still think monitoring/playback on as many different types of speakers as possible is a good thing, I'm still working on my mixes and feel like they still have a long way to go.

I'm always amazed when I hear people say they don't use studio monitors and mainly rely on signal analysis to do their mixes (think Breakage said this, for example.) Wanna learn how to do this and incorporate it into my mixdowns.
basically you use speakers you are familiar with, use that in conjunction with a spectral analyzer and reference tunes you want to mixdown like and you're golden

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by komanderkin » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:53 pm

best freeware combo in my opinion:

eq - Electri-Q (posihfopit edition)
analysis - Voxengo SPAN

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Re: EQ VTS

Post by nowaysj » Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:24 am

Sharmaji wrote:i like the stillwell audio vibe eq for, you know... vibe.
Can you say a little more on this vibe?

To use your own terminology, I think the sQuad bundle puts some hair on everything I run through it.
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Re: EQ VTS

Post by danoldboy » Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:16 am

DDMF IIEQPRO

http://www.ddmf.eu/

Good and affordable.

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