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Coyoteous · 16th November 2009

I have everything except the compressor, which I can currently get at the max discount... almost did it yesterday. I guess I'll wait until the EQ release here in the next few to several hours, and go from there.

You guys make some great points about digital EQ's. I want one that will take the place of all my others, but this one is already falling short. It does look good, though. Missing features, AFAICT, are over-sampling and the vintage shelf in TrackPlug.

I didn't really expect the vintage shelf, and I believe the Pro-Q HP/LP and shelves are resonant. It looked like the Q control is active for at least one of them in the video. Also, I've been using the Simplon filters as limited/special EQ.

I have DP, and although I don't use it much, I like the Gain/Q relationship switching in the MasterWorks EQ. Flux, DDMF, Redline, apulSoft and others all seem to have a unique feature or two.

I have AirEQ, AngelTone, AR Brilliance Pack, BIAS SuperFreq and Repli-Q, IK Pultec and LP, Wave Arts TrackPlug, EricSound UniQ and FreeeQ, Sonic Studio SonicEQ, Pod Farm preamps, Uhbik Q and bx cleansweep.

That probably misses a few. Most of them were cheap, free or came in a bundle. Although, I do have over five hundred bucks in the first three... that's gettin' into hardware money!

Oh, well... it's nice to get new stuff and need it. I kind of want Pro-Q, but do I need it? Probably not... but it does have a cool graph! I like the FabFilter stuff I have, other than the lack of numerical entry. We'll see.

16th November 2009	#34
Coyoteous Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,130 Thread Starter	I have everything except the compressor, which I can currently get at the max discount... almost did it yesterday. I guess I'll wait until the EQ release here in the next few to several hours, and go from there. You guys make some great points about digital EQ's. I want one that will take the place of all my others, but this one is already falling short. It does look good, though. Missing features, AFAICT, are over-sampling and the vintage shelf in TrackPlug. I didn't really expect the vintage shelf, and I believe the Pro-Q HP/LP and shelves are resonant. It looked like the Q control is active for at least one of them in the video. Also, I've been using the Simplon filters as limited/special EQ. I have DP, and although I don't use it much, I like the Gain/Q relationship switching in the MasterWorks EQ. Flux, DDMF, Redline, apulSoft and others all seem to have a unique feature or two. I have AirEQ, AngelTone, AR Brilliance Pack, BIAS SuperFreq and Repli-Q, IK Pultec and LP, Wave Arts TrackPlug, EricSound UniQ and FreeeQ, Sonic Studio SonicEQ, Pod Farm preamps, Uhbik Q and bx cleansweep. That probably misses a few. Most of them were cheap, free or came in a bundle. Although, I do have over five hundred bucks in the first three... that's gettin' into hardware money! Oh, well... it's nice to get new stuff and need it. I kind of want Pro-Q, but do I need it? Probably not... but it does have a cool graph! I like the FabFilter stuff I have, other than the lack of numerical entry. We'll see.