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7 EQ Plugins That *Aren’t* Modeled After Analog Hardware

We recently published an article entitled 6 EQ Plugins Modeled After Analog Hardware that covered some of the most popular EQ emulation plugins — but modern digital equalizers have developed some pretty innovative features of their own. Check out these unique digital EQ plugins, and what makes them stand out from hardware clones.

1. Fab Filter Pro-Q 2

FabFilter is a plugin manufacturer based in Amsterdam, who have been making mixing and mastering tools, creative effects and synthesizer plugins since 2002.

Most analog EQs are preferred for the particular color they impart on a sound, but Pro-Q 2 is famous for its total lack of color. Pro-Q 2 is all about making EQing easier with intelligent features like:

  • Universal filter slopes on all 24 bands, and selectable Bell, High/Low Cut, High/Low Shelf, Notch, Tilt and Band-Pass filter shapes.

  • Spectrum Grab, which allows you to grab a peak in the real-time spectrum analyzer and adjust — great for grabbing obvious frequency peaks.

  • Optional Gain-Q interaction, which increases the Q value along with the gain, and vice versa.

Read full article at The Pro Audio Files

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