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JohnVo
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January 4, 2018
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parametric equalizer question

  • January 4, 2018
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hi

in audition cc the parametric equalizer can be controlled by 7 ponts (L ,1,2,3,4,5 and H)

1)

may i ask you a plugin like fabfilter Q2 could be considerated a parametric equalizer ?

2)

i 'm asking because a friend of mine ,she is an audio engineering , in the master process , she used the parametric equalizer (i don't know which software did she use) with many and many points to obtain the right sound for her hears, it was a classic recording

thanks

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Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

Giovannivolontè  wrote

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may i ask you a plugin like fabfilter Q2 could be considerated a parametric equalizer ?

Fundamentally, yes. But I'd rather use the more useful one in iZotope's Ozone!

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SuiteSpot
Inspiring
January 4, 2018

You could always add up to, say, 16 instances of the parametric EQ which would allow you to control around 112 points.

However, if you need to be doing that then you might want to rethink how that audio is actually being recorded - just a thought

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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Community Expert
January 4, 2018

Giovannivolontè  wrote

1)

may i ask you a plugin like fabfilter Q2 could be considerated a parametric equalizer ?

Fundamentally, yes. But I'd rather use the more useful one in iZotope's Ozone!

JohnVo
JohnVoAuthor
Inspiring
January 4, 2018

hi

you would use iZotope's ozone to equalize rather then fabfilter Q2 or DMG Equilibrium why and izotope's Ozone as pluging vst?

thanks

SteveG_AudioMasters_
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Community Expert
January 4, 2018

Giovannivolontè  wrote

you would use iZotope's ozone to equalize rather then fabfilter Q2 or DMG Equilibrium why and izotope's Ozone as pluging vst?

Well you can use Ozone's EQ on its own as a plugin, but normally I'd use it within the suite, and do everything that was necessary in one go. There is nothing particularly wonderful about any of these other EQs - what it comes down to with all of them is the amount of distortion ('warmth' ) they add to what you are processing. As it happens, Ozone has a 'classic' EQ too that does the same thing, so I'd use that if I really thought that I had a recording poor enough to warrant it - Suite spot does indeed make a good point about what amounts to poor captures.

If you really want to make a recording sound like another using a multiple-instance tool, then the one you should really use is Har-Bal; https://www.har-bal.com/ - this can do some pretty amazing things, especially with restorations.

But with all of this stuff, I find that I only ever need to use it to clean up somebody else's poor recording - for my own, I tend to do better in the first place!