OFFLINE Waves GEQ 30-Band Graphic Equalizer, Native Plug-in

Full Description

Inspired by the renowned DN series 1/3 octave equalizers; Waves GEQ uses traditional proportional Q filters, which narrow the filter width as you increase a band's gain. GEQ utilizes special Flat-Top filters which eliminate the artifacts associated with band interaction, and provide perfect plateau and stair-stepped responses.

Set your band gains one-by-one, or draw your curve using a touchscreen or mouse; the GEQ is both clear and accurately presented. It has both high and low pass filters, a floating parametric EQ bell filter and the holy grail of EQ plugins; a real time visual analyzer which allows you to compare the difference between two sound sources.

Features

• 30 ISO bands with selectable 6 ,12 & 18 dB scales
• Independent HPF, LPF and parametric bells per side
• Classic component with Proportional Q filters
• Modern component with non-interactive Flat-Top filters
• Real-time analyzer
• Zero latency

Controls

• scale controls the maximum range of GEQ faders.
• 'Q' functions as a multiplier for the proportional Q algorithm.
• 'ISO faders control the gain of selected frequency centers.
• Drag selects the method of setting the band faders.
• Link relatively links left and right channels, including all bands, high and low pass filters, floating Parametric Bell EQ and Master Gain settings.
• Flat snaps all bands to 0 dB.

• HP activates the high pass filter.
• HP Frequency sets the cutoff frequency of the high pass filter.
• LP activates the low pass filter.
• LP frequency sets the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter.
• Parametric bell activates the floating parametric bell filter.
• Parametric bell frequency sets the cutoff frequency of the floating parametric bell filter.
• Parametric bell gain controls the gain of the floating parametric bell filter.
• Parametric bell Q determines the width of the floating parametric bell filter.
• Master gain controls the output level of the entire plugin.

• Graphic display / analyzer show the EQ curve, RTA1 and RTA2 input RMS frequency responses and the Difference between them.
• Input meter displays input level (peak) in dBFS.
• Output meter displays output level (peak) in dBFS.
• RTA1 assigns the first input to the real-time analyzer.
• RTA2 assigns the second input to the real-time analyzer.
• Difference mode turns off the real-time analyzer and displays the difference in frequency response between RTA1 and RTA2.

• 'Calib' activates the Calibration mode which calibrates the analyzer.
• RTA1 & RTA2 faders are used to adjust and match the analyzer input levels.
• RTA response sets the response time of the analyzer.
• RTA1 delay sets the alignment of RTA1 to RTA2.

Reviews

"Very impressive. We put it through some paces with program music through a pretty decent PA. It performed well both in subtle adjustments as well as radical dips and boosts with the notch filters. Even swept back and forth with the notch filter fully boosted and cut, and were not able to make it produce even the slightest digital artifacts. The GEQ is totally phase coherent, and it performed exactly like an analog EQ." Hugh Johnson (Vince Gill)

"Now that it's festival season, with all the PAs thrown at you, I keep wondering how I did without GEQ. It?s always on my LR mix, and as the Mesa filters sound so good, it's become my go-to EQ." Jon Lemon (Smashing Pumpkins)

"I used the GEQ analyzer to compare two kick drum mics in the same drum, and also compared a mic'd kick to a sample. Great for that kind of stuff!" Sean 'Sully' Sullivan (Rihanna. Beck)