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Focusing Equalizer
There are many equalizers out there.
Some are extremely advanced with built-in spec-
trum analyzers and intelligent super modes. Others
are simple and nothing more than your average
digital equalizer. While some claim to possess super
powers, the differences are usually just in the user
interfaces, and not always in the sound. Others
claim that there is only one way to make a digital
equalizer, and therefore every digital equalizer
sounds the same. That’s not true. Modeling a three
band parametric equalizer is more than taking the
three separate bands and putting them together.
The real electronics interact with each other so that
the sum becomes more than its parts, and this sum
isn’t possible to re-create by stacking up a bunch of
standard digital equalizers.
We set out to model two vintage equalizers as
exactly as possible. The result are the passive and
active equalizer that are probably installed on
your computer right now. The active is the most
traditional of the two. Use it as a standard equalizer
and feel comfortable about it sounding the way the
real gear does. The passive is a bit more quirky but
just fantastic sounding. An excellent help when you
need that glimmering high-end or warm low bot-
tom or je ne sais quoi ...
If you combine these two, you’ll get what we call the
focusing equalizer. It is designed to be a fast
and efficient work horse that immediately produces
the desired results. The combination of three bands
that automatically follows the High and Low cuts
and a compressor-saturator-distortion-mojomaker-
tool makes it great tool to tidy up and fix your
tracks.
We hope that you’ll enjoy this set of equalizers and
that you will find that they are excellent additions to
your toolkit that will help you make great sounding
music!