Ellipcial eq (1 Viewer)

[peter]

Am currently looking for a outboard EEQ at the moment. I have been using brainworx plug-in here, need to change to outboard for rack.

Any recommendations??

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

What kind of EQ?
Broad, Surgical, Pultec-ish?
For what purpose - mono/stereo/tracking/mixing?
What's your budget?

 

[lemonbravo]

The only one I know of is the ADT one:
http://www.adt-audio.com/Audio_Modules/Mastering/W794_Niveau_Filter_EEQ.html



Can you not just continue to apply the filter before cutting?

Nugen do a really good pluggin also:
http://www.nugenaudio.com/monofilter.php

 

[lemonbravo]

What kind of EQ?
Broad, Surgical, Pultec-ish?
For what purpose - mono/stereo/tracking/mixing?
What's your budget?

elliptical eq, for mono'ing the low end, to help with phase problems when cutting vinyl.

 

[lemonbravo]

The only one I know of is the ADT one:
http://www.adt-audio.com/Audio_Modules/Mastering/W794_Niveau_Filter_EEQ.html

there's also a module on their Tool Mod system also. Cheaper than the above, but not cheap.

 

[lemonbravo]

Your best bet though is to ask on Lathe Trolls, do you know that site?

http://lathetrolls.phpbbweb.com/lathetrolls.html

 

[peter]

Thanks lemonbravo, Yea, I use that site from time to time. Great little site. Most of the industry people are there. I have been having phase problems in the chain prior to cutting am thinking my plug-in is not working as intended. Am thinking it's not reading true. The reason for going to outboard is to avoid this happening again. I have come across a couple looking through the net, but i'll keep searching for one within budget E800 w/vat.

Redtape - it's a form of m/s encoding. just more focus on the center without affecting the stereo width.

 

[RED(tape)MENACE]

Ah, I thought EEQ was a typo :s

 

[lemonbravo]

Thanks lemonbravo, Yea, I use that site from time to time. Great little site. Most of the industry people are there. I have been having phase problems in the chain prior to cutting am thinking my plug-in is not working as intended. Am thinking it's not reading true. The reason for going to outboard is to avoid this happening again. I have come across a couple looking through the net, but i'll keep searching for one within budget E800 w/vat.

Redtape - it's a form of m/s encoding. just more focus on the center without affecting the stereo width.

Cool.


....it does affect the perception of stereo width in that it sums the stereo side S into the mono M? no?

my experience is that it can reduce the sense of stereo, especially since most of our perception of width/size comes from low frequency content.
It depends on the mix of course.

 

[peter]

It sums below a certain HZ, usally between 300-500hz. The reason it's summed is the lower HZ will have more anti phase. If it does affect width, it's just a matter of adjusting phase with an imager if and when width becomes too small.

Edit: adjusting everything above whats been summed

 

[peter]

it can mostly be done in mixing, but some people don't bother

 

[lemonbravo]

most people aren't releasing vinyl, so it's not an issue for digital.

 

[peter]

you have that issue also. Thanks for the links for the couple of plugins lemonbravo ill use one till i get sorted.

 

[lemonbravo]

no worries.

if you do get the Monofilter spend some time getting to know it.
There's an 'auto' trim function that compensates for the volume differences when summing the signal, but it's normally a little off, so you'll have to adjust the M/S balance manually. And it can be a bit of a pain to get it right, as the section where you adjust it is a bit small.

 

[peter]

Just to give this thread closure.

This is unit I purchased in the end.

http://www.adt-audio.com/ProAudio/ToolMod/MS_Matrix.html