Does any one have experience with these EQās ? And have any preference, cons or pros about any of them ?
I used the fabfilter as a try out, and was realy happy with the way it works actually. was the first version though. Worked realy intuative. I checked out some videoās about this new version, and it realy looks nice as well.
The SurferEQ I havenāt tryed out yet, and was kind asceptical bout it reading the titel. But when I started to watch some videoās about it, I got realy intrigued by its abillity to find the fundamental freq of an instrument, and lets you automate it, and even sidechain it with other instruments.
Now, Iām still kind of a newb with mixing. Iām also kinda limmited with gear atm. I mix on a Sennheiser HD650 cause of lack of good acoustics. getting off track. But what I would realy like to know, if any one has experience with this EQ and the fucntions, and how it actually works out in your final mix.
I use the Pro Q2 and itās great! Very intuitive to use and has tons of options.
I like the way the UI is not cluttered but still easy to dial very precisely and gives good visuals as well.
I havenāt tried SurferEQ but I suppose they have a trial version, so I would advise to try them both and make up your mind on which one you like best and fits your workflow best.
BTW, UI means āuser interfaceā. aka GUI, āgraphical user interfaceā. The stuff you see on the screen.
I havenāt used the Fab, and when I saw that Surfer came out I thought it was really cool. I may have tried the Surfer demo, canāt recall for sure, but at that price ($199) I figured Iād never buy it no matter how great it was. However, it has a really nice UI.
Someone just came out with something like the Surfer IIRC, which came out several years ago I think. It may have been a Slate product.
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I probably didnāt get the context completely.
Yeah I know, its kinda expensive, but the Fabfilter is also around 150. Its kinda the reason I want to hear other opinions, cause if it ssomething that youāre gonna use constantly, then I donāt mind a 1 time expense, but if you use 10 other EQās for 70% of the time, its kinda idiotic I guess
Maybe youāre talking about Izotope Neutron, which is more of a channel strip but has intelligent options like showing frequency overlap between tracks right in the EQ UI, and makes it easy to cut one trackās frequency while boosting anotherās same frequency. This one is even more pricey thoughā¦
But what sounds so interesting to me, is the surf mode from the surferEQ, it keeps tracking the fundamentals in real time. and so easy to boost or cut harmonics of the fundamental not with it. And then the fact that you can side chain it.
You should have a look at Melda MCharacter as well, if you want to work on fundamentals and harmonics to change the tone of a track, this one could be useful too, and I bet it has side chaining as most of Melda plugins have.
I own the Focusrite edition of Surfer EQ with only three bands: Iāve tried it on vocals, and i like it for changing the tone. I see it as an auto-tune and EQ mixed together, or intelligent tone-shaping EQ. Never tried the FabFilter one, but iād say try the demo of each and decide.
If this is truly the case, I would stick to the eq in your daw and really get used to what basic eq moves achieve. Train your ear and when you get that down, you will be able to hear the benefit of the fab or surfer better and know if you really need them.
Well Iām not THAT new Just new to making complete mixes with some what decent sound. Have a good drum sampler now, a nice vst or 2 for guitars and bass, but I miss a great eq, the standard one from cubase is not enough to realy start cutting speciffic
No offense intended, Buddyā¦
If you are unhappy with the Cubase eq, there are other free options from Blue Cat, voxengo and even the reaPlugs from reaper can be downloaded for free. The reaEQ is very useful. TDR Nova is a free dynamic eq and is awesomeā¦
From what i read from @ptalbot, the one you want from fabfilter sounds like it would offer good EQāing advice with that graphical analyzer, which reads very cool. On the other hand, Surfer EQās work is a bit more subtle, and you need trained ear to fully appreciate itā¦It all depends on where you are and what your current needs are.
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