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Originally Posted by Larry Mal  Hey folks, here's the deal: I'm looking for a great sounding, versatile, linear phase EQ. This will be used on a track by track basis, so low CPU overhead would be a plus, but I am running this on a dual 2.8 GHz eight core Mac Pro with currently 6 GB's of RAM, later to be expanded, so sound quality is more important to me than anything else. Cheaper, of course, is better, but I don't really want to miss out on quality to save a buck either. I already own two UAD-1 cards, and bought the Precision EQ, and while I like it, it's really mainly for mastering and not for finely tuned mixing work. I also own the DDMF EQ's, and enjoy them. I also own T-Racks 3, and use the linear phase EQ's with that, still, I am looking for something else for some reason. I am mainly using Logic Pro 8, and the linear phase EQ with it as my go-to channel EQ at the moment... etc etc etc |
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Larry,
In all honesty, judging from the highly detailed, fraught and indecisive way you've written out your post, I think you're just caught in the typical consumer trap of being bewildered by unlimited choice and devoting way too much of your mental resources to something that your mind has made far more complex than it need be. Our brains can't cope with this many variables in a decision like this - in fact studies show we tend to make better decisions based on fewer variables and gut instinct.
So what am I saying? I'm suggesting that spending money on yet another EQ plug-in is not going to make you happy and not going to be the elusive 'universal go-to Holy Grail' you seem to be searching for. The only place this exists is in your mind. You have more EQ's than you probably need already and your creative and emotional energies would be far better being freed up and devoted to other aspects of your music/life. Post up some mixes and tell us what you don't like about them? I'd be willing to bet that comments like: "Oh man, these sound great but if you only had EQ X they'd sound so much better" are likely to be way way down the list of feedback you get.
If you purely need to slake your slutty cravings (don't we all from time to time!) then do so with a really nice hardware EQ - one quality piece of hardware is worth any number of expensively frail plug-ins both in terms of sonics and long-term satisfaction.