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Originally Posted by Unsound  This is my first foray into these types of high end boxes. I've used them in mastering sessions where I was the client not the engineer. Is it really hard to get both sides to be equal? |
It's easy enough to hear what kind of variance you are getting in a stereo eq by running pink noise through and phase inverting one of the channels. If you still hear noise you can adjust the bands until it is minimized as much possible. My Amek Medici (all gains are on center detented but other wise continuously variable pots) has this functionality built in.
Anyway - a lot of times it's not that big of an issue if there's slight variance from the original L/R balance after mastering. But anything over a .25dB can occasionally change the carefully planned instrument balances by a degree noticeable to some picky engineers and artists.
I use a few eq's and one comp that don't have all controls stepped. There's ways of working around the problems they bring up that aren't hard to do. BUT - if I had the cash to change it I'd get everything stepped in a heartbeat.
Best regards,
Steve Berson