Best graphic EQ for tuning near fields...???

Klauth · 24th December 2005

I'm going the route of using a graphic EQ for tuning my near fields with sub and was wondering if you guys had any recommendations or preferences of brand and model for this particular application?...Klark Teknik, Rane, DBX......????

max cooper · 24th December 2005

You use a DAW? I'd rather have something in a nice software EQ than a Rane. I've used 'em in club-size FOH setups, but I don't know if I'd want to hear everything thru it in a recording situation.

Plus all the usual stuff about eq-ing the near fields, but I'm assuming you know what you're doing.

De chromium cob · 24th December 2005

While I don't subscribe to the practice of Eqing nearfields, if I had to I'd probably use the older White Instruments 4500s...

Klauth · 24th December 2005

Yeah, I figured I'd catch hell for asking this question. I'm using a mackie HDR/GHOST with HR 624's and sub. I tried a DBX DRIVERACK one day and, WOW everything sounded so much more "real" I have an analyzer and would prefer trying a higher end EQ for a while just to see where it takes my mixes.....so, any recommendations would be greatly appreciated....

Fletcher · 24th December 2005

The Apex PE 232MKII Paragraphic Equaliser http://www.apex-audio.be/images/foto/Doc%20PE.pdf is the best I've found... the audio is clean as a whistle while you have two bands of fully parametric EQ and 30 bands of graphic to get the tuning really spot on for your system.

We are using one on our big [soffit mounted] system... but we have S3-A's for nearfields. I reckon if you were going to tune your nearfields this would be the tool I'd suggest for the job.

One other thing to mention... you can only tune rooms with architecture/building materials... but you can tune speakers with EQ.

Best of luck with the project.

Ethan Winer · 24th December 2005

Klauth,

> I'm going the route of using a graphic EQ for tuning my near fields with sub <

That's a mistake IMO. EQ really doesn't work because you can't solve a time-domain problem in the frequency domain. But if you insist on trying EQ anyway you should use a parametric EQ because peaks and nulls have extremely narrow bandwidths.

--Ethan

Glenn Kuras · 25th December 2005

Just to add to what Ethan is saying... Also you may want to get the ETF software... But really you should try to treat you room first before putting any EQ in your room... I myself have 10 bass traps and have a +/- of 5 db (at the worst) from 35hz to 500hz... I think I can live with that

Glenn

Klauth · 25th December 2005

Thanks so much for the input guys. I do appreciate it! I'm not in a great room right now and it's been treated as best it can. it's a temporary situation. so, I'm just trying to salvage my situation as best I can. again, thanks for the input!....Klauth.

cdog · 25th December 2005

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Klauth Gear addict Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 399 Thread Starter	Best graphic EQ for tuning near fields...??? I'm going the route of using a graphic EQ for tuning my near fields with sub and was wondering if you guys had any recommendations or preferences of brand and model for this particular application?...Klark Teknik, Rane, DBX......????

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De chromium cob Lives for gear Joined: Feb 2003 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,659	While I don't subscribe to the practice of Eqing nearfields, if I had to I'd probably use the older White Instruments 4500s... __________________ "I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives." Tolstoy

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Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 10,110	The Apex PE 232MKII Paragraphic Equaliser http://www.apex-audio.be/images/foto/Doc%20PE.pdf is the best I've found... the audio is clean as a whistle while you have two bands of fully parametric EQ and 30 bands of graphic to get the tuning really spot on for your system. We are using one on our big [soffit mounted] system... but we have S3-A's for nearfields. I reckon if you were going to tune your nearfields this would be the tool I'd suggest for the job. One other thing to mention... you can only tune rooms with architecture/building materials... but you can tune speakers with EQ. Best of luck with the project. __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliations: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums - serious hobbyists welcome SoundPure.com mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light

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Ethan Winer Gear Guru Joined: Oct 2002 Location: New Milford, CT, USA Posts: 12,334	Klauth, > I'm going the route of using a graphic EQ for tuning my near fields with sub < That's a mistake IMO. EQ really doesn't work because you can't solve a time-domain problem in the frequency domain. But if you insist on trying EQ anyway you should use a parametric EQ because peaks and nulls have extremely narrow bandwidths. --Ethan __________________ Ethan's audio book is now available!

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Glenn Kuras Gear Guru Joined: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 12,007	Just to add to what Ethan is saying... Also you may want to get the ETF software... But really you should try to treat you room first before putting any EQ in your room... I myself have 10 bass traps and have a +/- of 5 db (at the worst) from 35hz to 500hz... I think I can live with that Glenn __________________ Glenn Kuras GIK Acoustics USA GIK Acoustics Europe 770 986 2789 (USA) +44 (0) 20 7558 8976 (UK) See the NEW Scopus Tuned Trap

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max cooper Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2004 Location: tx Posts: 8,802	You use a DAW? I'd rather have something in a nice software EQ than a Rane. I've used 'em in club-size FOH setups, but I don't know if I'd want to hear everything thru it in a recording situation. Plus all the usual stuff about eq-ing the near fields, but I'm assuming you know what you're doing.

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