Any alternatives to Waves Q10?

[Svein]

Check out Flux EpureII.
Has extreme narrow Q.
Sounds good too.

Svein

[Lagerfeldt]

Flux Epure yes, also works in multichannel and M/S. Useful for film / post production.

Flux:: sound and picture development

Sound quality is the same as other similar digital equalizers though.

[HDMusicGrp]

i too must say Flux Epure. its my go to eq these days and doesnt use any cpu power

[electricsound]

PSP Neon (or Neon HR). 8 bands, can be used for very narrow Q cuts, sounds great.

[Marjan]

Check Serato...

[Matthew Presley]

ReaEQ.

Add as many bands as you need, with super narrow q settings.... plus its free.

[Tris184]

Hi, this has been a very useful thread for me as I too am looking for an unlimited or 10 band parametric EQ alternative to waves Q10 - as I don't want to use stupid iLok!

Only problem I am having is I am using a MAC, I would prefer to find something free such as ReaEQ - does anyone know any Apple compatible??

thanks in advance.

p.s: hello! I am a newbie

[Tris184]

just found out if you follow the link that reaper now DOES have MAC support! REAPER | Download going to try it out....

[maxwelldub]

psp neon hr with fat mode enabled, boom

[nst7]

Izotope Alloy is great. EQ controls are very similar to Q10, though it only does up to 8 bands. The sound is also very transparent, in a good way, not as sterile sounding as Q10.

Plus it has some other great features as well.

[soundpalace]

Voxengo GlissEQ is my recommendation, variable number of bands, very narrow and wide Q on demand, cheap, cross platform 64 bit, has the best analyser I have found, lets you zoom in to adjust the frequency you are after and many many more features

[Beatworld]

FabFilter Pro-Q

Linear phase and you can have up to 24 bands with narrow Q value.

Plus lovely GUI

[duvalle]

Originally Posted by Beatworld

FabFilter Pro-Q

Linear phase and you can have up to 24 bands with narrow Q value.

Plus lovely GUI

+1

[neilwilkes]

Originally Posted by soundpalace

Voxengo GlissEQ is my recommendation, variable number of bands, very narrow and wide Q on demand, cheap, cross platform 64 bit, has the best analyser I have found, lets you zoom in to adjust the frequency you are after and many many more features

A truly superb EQ as well.

[greyskull]

Sonnox Eq

[Ivorydom]

Originally Posted by Beatworld

FabFilter Pro-Q

Linear phase and you can have up to 24 bands with narrow Q value.

Plus lovely GUI

+1

[soundpalace]

Great suggestions here for sure. Be sure to use the linear phase option if you want the narrowest, most accurate cut possible. In this respect, DMG Audio EQuality is also fantastic and has even slightly more flexible shelving filters compared to Pro-Q, but I LOVE the Fabfilter interface so much!!

I must admit that for a non linear-phase EQ, GlissEQ still has much narrower Q than Fabfilter, EQuality and a few more, but as soon as you add linear phase into the mix, it's a different story

Good luck
soundpalace

[Tris184]

thanks for all the suggestions.... just got to filter out the PC only ones and have a look at prices... But very kind, I like this forum alot already

[soundpalace]

Originally Posted by Tris184

thanks for all the suggestions.... just got to filter out the PC only ones and have a look at prices... But very kind, I like this forum alot already

Wrll actually, I am pertty sure all plugins mentioned in this thread are cross platform. If you want to prove which EQ can perform the narrowest bell cut, give this a try

1) Add an audio track with a long audio clip
2) Duplicate that track and invert the phase of the copy so they cancel out
3) Add your EQ to one of the tracks and perform a narrow cut ot boost
4) The most narrow curve will produce the closest sound to a sine wave

Once again, linear phase is the way to go if you want precision

Cheers
soundpalace

[TNM]

fabfilter pro-q +infinity