This one puts a good number of EQ's to shame. Give it a look-see. I've been using his EQuality for the last couple of years with great joy. This one eclipses the EQuality plugin: The EQualibrium . There's not much to limit you there. How many bands did you want? What EQ character do you want in the bass range vs. top range or even mid, low mid, high mid, extreme low, extreme highs, it keeps going....  And it's CHEAP!

When did £149.99 or $227 USD become cheap?

MachineClaw


When did £149.99 or $227 USD become cheap?

This does play into the calibre plug-ins one may shop for, sure, (I don't mean that in an insulting or demeaning way) but when you factor in the 15% discount (higher in U.S dollars) he offers until the end of April, and when comparing this EQ to Sonoris' Mastering EQ, Flux E-Pure, and the mighty Algorithmix Red (which is STILL only 32-bit), just the price alone per feature is cheap. All of these EQ's I own and I can say with certainty, this was the BEST deal by far. This EQ does more for me than any of the competition. If you go through the features it has, demo it, and research the competition I think you'll find it quite a bargain. I got mine for $99US, since I already owned the EQuality plugin. 

The point I wanted to make was that price-per-feature, it's a great deal. I wasn't clear about that in the OP.

Disclaimer: Algorithmix is very expensive and used in Mastering facilities worldwide. Comparing it to the DMG Audio EQ is not really being fair. Algorithmix is designed for additional uses outside the scope of normal human hearing. With that said, it's still expensive, and Algorithmix hasn't updated it in quite some time. I question whether they are still even a company. 

I was reading about this elsewhere, and while it's out of my price range, it certainly looks like it could be the new "king of EQs".    And while I'm not sure how useful it would be in practice, having the keyboard underneath to identify pitch per band is pretty cool. 

It looks like a fabulous plugin, Brian. At that price, it had better be! 

Folks should remember that from a purely technical POV, an EQ is an EQ and pretty much does the same thing whether it's an expensive one or the one that comes bundled with your DAW. What distinguishes one from another is features and ergonomics. So if it lets you dial in settings quickly, it's a good one. And that's purely a personal preference.

having the keyboard underneath to identify pitch per band is pretty cool.

And this is something the Waves EQ has, too, which I found quite useful. What I thought was pretty cool is that you can keep adding band after band after band until you get sick or run out of CPU. During the install, the EQuillibrium runs you through a useful Wizard, which allows you to customize it based on how you intend to use it. For example, you can set the size of the GUI, and exactly how much CPU it can eat up, so that you can choose to either use it for Mastering only, or pare it down for Minimum-Phase mixing use. 

Anyway, you should all read the philosophy and concept under the "Concept" tab on that page. Interesting read.

I'm willing to pay to NOT have any more EQs or Compressors.  If I can't get great results with IK,Waves and Sonar it has nothing to do with the quality of my EQ's.  YMMV

bitflipper


It looks like a fabulous plugin, Brian. At that price, it had better be! 

Folks should remember that from a purely technical POV, an EQ is an EQ and pretty much does the same thing whether it's an expensive one or the one that comes bundled with your DAW. What distinguishes one from another is features and ergonomics. So if it lets you dial in settings quickly, it's a good one. And that's purely a personal preference.

Although there's some hidden features built into many great EQs, there is a noticeable difference between some of the EQs. For example, the Algorithix Red is to be one of the most transparent you can get your hands on (but it's Linear-Phase). If you compare more Apples to Apples, the EQuality vs. Sonoris, vs. Flux Epure vs. Waves EQ or Sonar's own EQs, there is a difference in how they actually sound. Some have better boost characteristics than others, while some have better cut characteristics. Then there comes in all of the emulation EQ's. Some have characteristics that change with dynamics, and the Q may change with boost or cut in dynamics. 

While in today's offerings I don't believe I agree with the POV that an EQ is simply an EQ as it once was (and certainly was never the case in the analog world), I do agree that what you get out of your project is paramount vs. HOW you got your results. There's a lot to consider when designing an EQ, and what your goal is. The beauty is that there's not many seriously "bad" choices out there. Exciting to me.

On a related subject I found Dan Worrall's new video about linear phase vs. minimum phase EQ very informative http://www.youtube.com/em...el=0&wmode=transparent Of course, he is using Pro-Q in the video.

I love the equality eq.  This one looks like a really winner as well.  It is more than ergonomics and features.  Some eqs do sound better than others.  And some can really hurt the tracks or mix.