Recommendations for QuadCurve EQ replacement?

I thought melda freebies were size locked

jackson white
Whether completely obvious or under-rated, the QuadCurveEQ earned its stripes. Looking for a 3rd party, easily transferable replacement with the same feature set including larger display (flyout) with integrated FFT analyzer, note-mapping, Hi/Lo shelves, HPF/LPF, multiple curves including the resonance bump, etc. 

Sure you have considered this, just worth remembering that Quad Curve will work outside of Sonar while you look for a suitable replacement.

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anydmusic
Sure you have considered this, just worth remembering that Quad Curve will work outside of Sonar while you look for a suitable replacement.

I think you might be confusing QuadCurve with LP EQ.
 
https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=SONAR&language=3&help=ProChannel.06.html

Yes, sorry... Too busy looking at VST EQ options.
 
For Pro Channel replacements I'm looking at what is available in Cubase's Channel Strip, it has a 4 band EQ, along with Channel Modules like:
 
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trwhitechannel/ 
 
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trbritchannel/ 
 
Both have 4 channel EQ but lack the nice graphical interface.
 
For a more Graphical approach EQual looks interesting but I have not tried it out yet so can't comment on the ease of use or sound:
 
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trequal/ 
 
Channel Strip looks good but is not really a direct replacement for Pro Channel. I guess the reality here is that its a bit like switching from one high end mixing console to another, they are different. Where Pro Channel really scores is the number of extras available. Don't know if the Cubase Channel Strip supports 3rd party addons but if it does I'd love to see some of the Cakewalk and Third Party modules made available.
 
I guess one the dust settles extracting the content as products could be an option for someone using the Cakewalk code base.
 
BTW appreciate that this reads a bit like an advert for T-Racks. Reason for this is that I did the upgrade to 5 so I'm looking at getting the most of this investment in the current situation.

@Chandler - Thx for the YT on Melda. I've used a few of their plugs but never taken the time to fully explore them. Nice job on the overview. 
 
@ampfixer - Managed to resist all the shiny Waves stuff so far, but will have to reconsider. Looks like a pretty good match. The L2 has been recommended as well.
 
@pwalpwal - Good one, not on my radar, thx.

the Waves one is  excellent value.
 
sonnox is very good with easily selectable different curves and you quickly get accustomed to it but it is expensive (although they have half off sales basically a month every year)
 
Sir Audio has a cool EQ which I bought that is sort of fabfilteresque but much cheaper:
https://www.siraudiotools.com/StandardEQ.php

also, if you go to s1 the included pro-eq is pretty nice

Then you have TDR's Nova: http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova/

@subtlearts  - Thx for the reminder. Took a brief look at Neutrino when they were giving it away, didn't think much of it.
 
I'm looking for an EQ I can drop on 40+ tracks. The comparison notes the EQ "available as plugin" is only a feature of the high end bundle ($400 on sale), which implies that for the other bundles it would have to be inserted with a "kitchen sink" configuration for each track. iZotope has a bit of a  rep for being a CPU hog.
 
What has your experience been with CPU hit for Neutron?

Waves Audio Channel is a nice little plug that does three things. Good EQ, Comp, and Gate. I have not used it on every trk of a project, but most say it's really lite on CPU.