[joeq]

Originally Posted by GuitarRuss

There is a big difference sometimes between what is true theoretically and what is true in practicality. The reality is that in the heat of a mix it's likely that you will produce different results on different eq's because of the different interfaces.

In the heat of the mix you also might produce different results because of the pretty colors - and this could be true of hardware as well as software.

I would like to think that I would arrive at the EQ setting I wanted even though this EQ read out +4 and that EQ read out +3.9 for the same boost.

I'm curious, some of these "nulls" might be made using two or three envelopes to reproduce one simple curve on the original. The reality is that the settings and resulting eq curves you find while listening will be different depending on the functionality of the device.

I think most of the nulls were made quite simply - but in any case, if two EQs CAN null, it seems to say that a competent engineer can arrive at the sound he hears in his head with either one. Nulls simply show that the differences between EQs are only GUI and curves; that is a huge step away from what I used to believe - that each of these EQs each imparted some unique 'sound'.

When I migrated my HD rig to a new machine, I had to re-authorize my Sony Oxford EQs which took a while. I though I would die without them. But I was easily able to get what I needed from the four others I own and thanks to this thread, I did not freak out about what I might be 'missing'.

On the other hand, because of this thread I'm now on the hunt for the most ergonomic and practical eq with different choices of curves and functionality that isn't very expensive.

Because of this thread, I am no longer on the hunt for any more plug-in EQs!