TC EQ SAT 3.6 for Junior Mastering?

Alécio Costa · 12th August 2003

Hi folks!

Sure we can not compare nice $$$$ hardware boxes ( Crane, Manley, Weiss, Manley) to junior mastering plugs but...

I wasn´t aware that TC EQ SAT was developed with junior mastering on mind.
I have been using Q10 /VW as the eq choice for my junior squeezing, along with MASTER X ( also from TC works).

So.. is it a big deal? The warm/sat function shall help achieve nice or better resuts than the ordinary Waves Q series?

Thanks

matucha · 12th August 2003

ordinary waves Q sounds bad to me (esp at highs), I like linEQ for highs though. TC EQSat is nothing special to me. Try Voxego Curve EQ (VST) or UAD Cambridge or Sony OxfordEQ... depending what are u using.

Alécio Costa · 12th August 2003

Thanks. I am a PT Mix guy under OS 9.2/5.1.1 TDM yet.

matucha · 12th August 2003

then I'd go with Oxford or Cambridge TDM or Waves Linear. These I know from PC-VST world. However PT has other possibilities like Massemburg EQ etc. I can't comment... TC EQsat wasn't my favorite at PowerCore.

Alécio Costa · 12th August 2003

I see. In fact not many guys reported me as it being their daily eq choices.

preben · 15th August 2003

Having used the Oxford and the EQ-sat (although on Powercore under Logic, but still) for quite a while, there is no doubt in my mind that the Oxford sounds quite a lot more like what I want to hear. Particularly the transients are treated in a much nicer way imho.

Alécio Costa · 15th August 2003

would ya prefer eq sat over filterbank and waves q series?

matucha · 15th August 2003

If I had waves ren series I wouldn't bother with EQ sat. Same boat (class) IMO, different color... however EQSat has awful interface (not graphicaly)... it is very user unfriendly, look at a screenshot somewhere and you'll find you have many problems workin with it. Gains and freqs. controls are at absolute different places. If you want to change a frequency and gain a bit, you'll have to count the counters to get idea what to move. Maybe someone can get used, but I was pretty pissed off.

EQSat is said to be the equalizer taken from Finalizer... try to find opinions on that too, should be close.

my 0.60 czech crowns = $0.02 ;-)

Alécio Costa · 15th August 2003

finalizer eq has a fame of being too metalic!!
and what about filterbank E6/P6 compared to Q6?

If I had Sony/ GM or Master Bundle I would not be here asking about the older ones...

Thanks

12th August 2003	#1
Alécio Costa Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Brazil, Florianópolis/SC Posts: 1,734 Thread Starter	TC EQ SAT 3.6 for Junior Mastering? Hi folks! Sure we can not compare nice $$$$ hardware boxes ( Crane, Manley, Weiss, Manley) to junior mastering plugs but... I wasn´t aware that TC EQ SAT was developed with junior mastering on mind. I have been using Q10 /VW as the eq choice for my junior squeezing, along with MASTER X ( also from TC works). So.. is it a big deal? The warm/sat function shall help achieve nice or better resuts than the ordinary Waves Q series? Thanks __________________ Alécio Costa Studio www.aleciocosta.com http://www.facebook.com/alecio.costa Artist career at: http://www.audiostreet.net/aleciocosta http://www.myspace.com/aleciocosta

12th August 2003	#2
matucha Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Posts: 2,952	ordinary waves Q sounds bad to me (esp at highs), I like linEQ for highs though. TC EQSat is nothing special to me. Try Voxego Curve EQ (VST) or UAD Cambridge or Sony OxfordEQ... depending what are u using. __________________ Matous Godik www.soundcloud.com/zka4t

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15th August 2003	#6
preben Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 901	Having used the Oxford and the EQ-sat (although on Powercore under Logic, but still) for quite a while, there is no doubt in my mind that the Oxford sounds quite a lot more like what I want to hear. Particularly the transients are treated in a much nicer way imho.