Advanced EQ

Question 1

What is dynamic EQ?

Answer 1

The Dynamic EQ interface allows you to adjust the
frequency, gain, and bandwidth of a filter, with
additional controls common in compressors like threshold, attack, and release. This combination lets you fine-tune the ballistics of the processing to best suit
your audio.
So you can compress only the regions you apply filtering
too.

Question 2

What is program EQ?

Answer 2

Capacitor, resistor & inductor based filter stage.
* Fixed frequency, low boost/attenuator
* Mid boost with variable bandwidth & LPF d
* Uses tube output amplifier to make up for lost gain.
* Very smooth and open sounding.
* Great big fat low end!
* Really good on entire mixes, (stereo mix-bus)

Question 3

What is an example of a program EQ?

Answer 3

Pultec

Question 4

What is fixed frequency EQ?

Answer 4

Vintage EQ type where a set of filters is switched
between with boost and cut controls for selected
frequencies.

Question 5

What is tilt eq?

Answer 5

A Tilt EQ is a simple type of EQ that tilts the
audio spectrum based on a user selected pivot
point.
* As low frequencies are decreased, high
frequencies are increased proportionally.

Question 6

Name some characteristics of a musical EQ.

Answer 6

• Musical EQ’s tend to have fixed bandwidth
  control. Affecting wide frequency ranges. No Q
  control, generally speaking.
• Broad tonal strokes rather than sharp, narrow
  cuts or boosts.
• Used for tone shaping rather than fine tuning.
• More colourful in general, less transparent.
• Usually associated with vintage, and console
  EQ types.
• Used more readily for additive EQ rather than
  subtractive EQ, and it is seen as a tool for
  sound enhancement.

Question 7

Name some characteristics of a surgical EQ.

Answer 7

• Variable bandwidth often allowing for very
  narrow Q factors to be selected.
• Is capable of slicing out narrow groups of
  frequencies for the purpose of transparently
  removing offending frequencies.
• Transparent, no colour. Just filters.
• Often plugin EQ’s are better at surgical duties
  than outboard eq’s. There are very few surgical
  hardware EQ’s on the market that are as good
  as their plugin counterparts and are still
  affordable.
• Even the most basic plugin EQ can beat very
  expensive hardware EQ’s at this job.

Question 8

What is mid/ side eq?

Answer 8

Allows for independent eq control of the mid
and side images of a stereo recording.