Your Thoughts on EQs
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
I use the EQ10Q for narrow cuts and the built in channel EQ and bus tone controls in Mixbus32C for broad tone shaping.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
I must have used LinuxDSP Black-EQ and Steve Harris DJ EQ (:lol:) the most over the years.
These days I appreciate a parametric EQ with a real-time spectrum analyzer running underneath the graphic representation of the curves. Pretty happy with Bitwig's stock EQ.
These days I appreciate a parametric EQ with a real-time spectrum analyzer running underneath the graphic representation of the curves. Pretty happy with Bitwig's stock EQ.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
I would have to put 'non of the above'. These days; I do all my mixing on Harrison Mixbus which has EQ on the tracks, the mixbusses and the master bus and I use the XT EQs if I feel the need to reach for anything else.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
I love Mixbus's simplism aprouch, but the track EQs are not enough for cirurgical EQ (eg. take room modes out of mic recordings), or masteringEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:17 pm I would have to put 'non of the above'. These days; I do all my mixing on Harrison Mixbus which has EQ on the tracks, the mixbusses and the master bus and I use the XT EQs if I feel the need to reach for anything else.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
That is where I reach for their excellent XT EQ and XT Mastering EQ (now available in their cross platform AVA Plugins). Each to their own. Unfortunately, if you are used to Mixbus having a mixer without the built in EQ, compression and high pass is quite jarring.Capoeira wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:13 pmI love Mixbus's simplism aprouch, but the track EQs are not enough for cirurgical EQ (eg. take room modes out of mic recordings), or masteringEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:17 pm I would have to put 'non of the above'. These days; I do all my mixing on Harrison Mixbus which has EQ on the tracks, the mixbusses and the master bus and I use the XT EQs if I feel the need to reach for anything else.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
English Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:20 pmThat is where I reach for their excellent XT EQ and XT Mastering EQ (now available in their cross platform AVA Plugins). Each to their own. Unfortunately, if you are used to Mixbus, having a mixer without the built in EQ, compression and high pass is quite jarring.Capoeira wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:13 pmI love Mixbus's simplism aprouch, but the track EQs are not enough for cirurgical EQ (eg. take room modes out of mic recordings), or masteringEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 2:17 pm I would have to put 'non of the above'. These days; I do all my mixing on Harrison Mixbus which has EQ on the tracks, the mixbusses and the master bus and I use the XT EQs if I feel the need to reach for anything else.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
didn't understand this partEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:20 pm
Unfortunately, if you are used to Mixbus having a mixer without the built in EQ, compression and high pass is quite jarring.
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When you get used to having a mixer with the essential mix tools to hand, using another DAWs mixer, reaching for them and finding they are not there is jarring, because you are used to having them all ready to hand.Capoeira wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:18 pmdidn't understand this partEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:20 pm
Unfortunately, if you are used to Mixbus having a mixer without the built in EQ, compression and high pass is quite jarring.
Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
I would describe my attitude toward EQ, but my opinions may be too graphic for the moderators.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
It's possible to expose the controls directly on the mixer strip in "stock" Ardour as well. I did a template for that using Steve Harris / LinuxDSP plugins. However, the widgets are perhaps a bit too much small and I don't think there's a meter available for compressors (etc.).English Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:48 pmWhen you get used to having a mixer with the essential mix tools to hand, using another DAWs mixer, reaching for them and finding they are not there is jarring, because you are used to having them all ready to hand.Capoeira wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 8:18 pmdidn't understand this partEnglish Guy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:20 pm
Unfortunately, if you are used to Mixbus having a mixer without the built in EQ, compression and high pass is quite jarring.
The bundled effects with Bitwig are always visible with the controls in the lower panel. Some like it for the improved workflow, some think they take up too much screen space. You can hide the panel momentarily, but it's not much of a solution for it.
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Re: Your Thoughts on EQs
+1 for Harrison's LV2 plugins. The XT-EQ and XT-ME plugins take care of anything the built-in EQ in Mixbus 32C cannot.
I would also trust the x42-EQ plugin, but since I paid for the Harrison stuff, I have learned to use them.
I would also trust the x42-EQ plugin, but since I paid for the Harrison stuff, I have learned to use them.
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