Chapter 18: EQ
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Software Screen EQ Controls
You can adjust the built-in EQ using dedicated on-screen but-
tons for band in/out and bell/shelf toggling. When the Chan-
nel Control section is in EQ mode, the on-screen EQ controls
for the currently selected channels have a green background.
The software screen also provides the EQ Graph display to ad-
just frequency and gain simultaneously.
To adjust parametric EQ parameters on-screen:
1
Select a channel on-screen.
2
Click the
EQ In
switch to put the EQ in circuit.
3
Adjust the on-screen controls by doing one of the following:
• Turn an on-screen knob (
Gain, Q/Bandwidth
, or
Frequency
)
for each frequency band.
• Click to toggle any on-screen EQ switch (EQ in/out, band
in/out, or bell/shelf).
• Click a displayed value and type a new value.
• Drag up or down in a value display to increase or decrease
the value.
To reset an on-screen EQ parameter to its default value, do one
of the following:
• Alt-click the control (or, hold the console Default(Alt)
switch and click the control).
• Right-click the control and choose
Reset
.
To reset the entire EQ section (all bands) on a channel, do one of
the following:
• Right-click anywhere in the EQ section on-screen (but
not directly on an encoder or button) and choose
Reset
EQ Section.
• Hold Default and click the on-screen EQ In button.
Using the EQ Graph Display
The on-screen EQ graph lets you use the mouse to adjust fre-
quency and gain for any available EQ band.
To adjust EQ on-screen using the Graph display:
1
Select a channel on-screen.
2
Click the
EQ In
switch to put the EQ in circuit.
3
Drag the handles in the on-screen EQ graph display for each
EQ band (Lo, Lo-Mid, Hi-Mid, or Hi), as follows:
• Drag a handle right or left to increase or decrease fre-
quency.
• Drag a handle up or down to increase or decrease gain.
EQ controls in the software screen (4-band Input Channel EQ shown)
In/Out
Q/Bandwidth
Bell/Shelf
Presets
Q/Bandwidth
Bell/Shelf
Digital/Analog
Gain
Band in/out
Frequency
Hi
Gain
Band in/out
Q
Frequency
Hi Mid
Gain
Band in/out
Q
Frequency
Lo Mid
Gain
Band in/out
Frequency
Lo
Dragging handles in the EQ graph display
EQ
graph
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