To celebrate, we’ve put together this run-down of the very best EQ plugins available in the world. The equaliser is one of the longest-serving and most fundamental sound processing tools. As soon as it became possible to record and transmit audio electrically, and then electronically, engineers and music-makers also began developing various ways of sculpting the sound by boosting or cutting specific parts of the frequency spectrum independently from the rest of the signal. Audio plugins,Free plugins for Logic Pro X,Free music software,free audio app and free plug-in downloads,free VST/AU plugins for your PC or Mac,32/64-bit, Freeware. DOWNLOAD FOR FREE BEST FREE VST / AU PLUG-INS. Nowadays, we all have pretty amazing EQ functionality by default built into our DAWs. These clean, ‘digital’-style EQs offer the sort of flexibility, accuracy and, usually, a transparency that engineers in the 1950s could only dream of, working as they were with imperfect analogue components. However, when it comes to pure sonic character and musicality, analogue and analogue-modelling EQ is still hard to beat. Our selection here aims to highlight options for every EQ situation: For example, are you looking for a processor for sweetening and bringing out or adding character to instruments; are you looking to gently tame parts or mixes with broad and smooth cuts and boosts, or are you after the audio equivalent of a surgeons scalpel for highly focused, precision adjustments? One of the key things that differentiates EQ plugins from each other is how well they process boosts at particular frequency ranges: for example, applying a significant boost to the high end will produce more or less ‘smooth’ or ‘gritty’ results depending on the EQ used. There’s also the factor common to all aspects of modern/digital music production: sometimes, too much flexibility can be a hindrance rather than a help. If you’ve read any of the other posts on GTPS, especially, you’ll probably have gathered that I’m a proponent of keeping things simple: having a slightly wider range of tools at my disposal that are each designed to do a more specific job extremely well I find generally preferable to tools that try to cover a lot of bases. Of course, this is arguable: it totally depends how you approach your productions. One last thing, and some producers might disagree with me here and say that the sound is the only important thing, but don’t underestimate the importance of an attractive and intuitive interface. Do you want to see your adjustments graphically displayed with a spectrum analyser, or do you prefer simple knobs and dials that keep you focused on the sound only? How many controls do you want to have access to at any moment, and in which ways do you want to be able to adjust them? Anything which has a bearing on how you experience the process of listening, making decisions and making adjustments based on those decisions is a factor worth considering. Port settings outlook for mac. Apart from these factors, all of the considerations I mentioned in and lists also apply to choosing EQ: No single EQ plugin is the best for every application. Each EQ will produce subjectively better or worse results on different source material: some EQs are renowned for making smooth high-end boosts, others for taming low and sub frequencies, and others might be go-tos for vocal or drum processing. The best EQ plugin is always the one that best suites the specific task you’re undertaking and gives you the sound you want with the greatest ease and efficiency. Take this list as a starting point or further hints towards finding and refining your own collection of favourites. Download some of the demos (or full versions, in the case of the freeware choices) and get building a small and refined selection of EQ tools to cover every eventuality with optimum working speed and results. Classic EQ: A Quick Salute To The Hardware It can really help when learning about EQ to be aware of some of the classic hardware EQ units and console EQ sections that many plugins are modelled on to varying degrees. Here’s a very quick primer on classic EQ. Pultec EQP-1A Classic EQ Perhaps the most iconic hardware EQ, the Pultec EQP-1 was first introduced in 1951 and became their flagship product for the next thirty years. The full company name was actually Pulse Techniques Inc., and the founding two-man team Ollie Summerland and Gene Shank made every item to order, all by hand. All of the Pultec range are renowned for their great sound and having been built like tanks, which partly explains why they are still around in top studios around the world today. Interestingly, Summerland and Shank were based in Teaneck, New Jersey, the same town where Les Paul built his first ‘home studio’, which incorporated the very first eight-track recorder. Classic Console EQ And ‘British EQ’. Neve 1073 Console Some of the best EQ plugins are modelled not after standalone outboard units, but the EQ sections of classic mixing consoles. In particular, the term ‘British EQ’ became something of a selling point over the years since the 1950’s, and essentially refers to the quality and sound of the equaliser sections found in many classic British-made mixing consoles by the likes of Neve, AMEK, and Soundcraft.
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