I downloaded the trial and played around with this for 5 minutes...then I went and bought it. That was THE shortest evaluation time I've ever needed to find out if a plugin is worth my time or not. This thing is INCREDIBLE. Well done!
I tested Equalizer for 3 days both against the competition and my own static parametric eq'ing and it totally blew me away. Equalizer came out on top by a long shot. Not only that, I can apply the same settings to recordings that have very different issues and it 'repairs' them all to a standard that I'm super happy with. Congrats and thanks to the people at Wavefactory.
This plugin is truly magic, it is like an all in one go to seasoning. I love my iZotope plug-ins but this equalizer is a game changer. The passion and hard work that was put into this is apparent once you hear it in action on your own mixes.
I mean everytime, everytime, you confirm that you're the most innovative vst company. And btw this presentation is really well done and shows passion that goes into creating plugins. That's all I'm asking for
I am always fascinated by your plug-ins and love the simple yet powerful performance. This time, though, you've really outdone yourself. I see this as one of the most profound workflow breakthroughs in the audio world in the last decade! The mathematical precision coupled with enough control to be used creatively makes it useful for so many applications. Truly amazing work!
@@LunaRealized Of course, each person is entitled to use the tools they are most comfortable with. I've used Pro-Q for a long time and, to me, there's room for both tools. You certainly can accomplish the same task with other EQs but this does 90% of the work and saves lots of time spent doing surgical EQing. The less time I have to spend chasing down a troubling frequency = the more locked into the creative process I am. It's great that you already have a workflow you enjoy, though!
Not to take anything away from this plugin, it’s awesome and quite unique but it’s not the first of its kind. Gollfoss EQ has been out for a few years now and has the same function but the target EQ is more curved like a song than aiming for flat. It’s a great plugin but also costs twice as much as Equalizer. I went with Equalizer and am very happy with it. Trackspacer is also amazing, definitely check that one out too if you haven’t already
Immediately I must compare it to Gullfoss. It’s hard to know for sure without a clear description, but Gullfoss uses some analysis which finds frequencies which are masking frequencies above them and reduces them or boosts the masked frequencies. This is more like: there’s a target spectral curve we’re trying to EQ our sound toward. It’s possible these end up being similar EQ targets, but I suspect gullfoss is more nuanced and leaves the sound more “as-is” and mostly tamps down frequencies that are sticking out more than they should. This on the other hand is a coarser tool - and is trying to get the spectrum to be balanced regardless of masking or relationships between local EQ bands.
I now have both, and on a quick comparaison, I think that Gullfoss is doing a better job (to my taste) for a whole mix but for single tracks, Equalizer is superb, a really nice plugin to have in our tool box! ;)
No, Soothe suppresses the resonances and it's like a thousand band or something ridiculous like that. Gulfoss confines the music to a curve that is proven to translate well on good speakers. This is 32 band upward and downward expander that tries to minimize the difference across the frequency spectrum. Not confining to any specific curve and not removing any resonances.
@@tendingtropic7778 I can't speak for you. It would depend on what you want the track to sound like. If removing resonances or confining it to a curve is your intention, this wouldn't do it. If the effect of flattening the curve is what you are looking for or plan to do something else after flattening the curve, this is a good option I'd say. It makes the process easier with having to tweak just one knob rather than having to set up a Multiband eq or compressor and tweak or the settings manually.. I'd use it on an overly bright or dull or honky sound to essentially inverse eq it and then eq it the way I want after.
I think that this is a very special plugn that could end up having a very wide usefulness. The control per ban over how much of the processing is applied is fantastic and really elevates this into a precision tool. Congratulations!
I agree with the usefulness and specialness, but to me precision tool means I know exactly what the plugin does and have very precise control over it. With this one I'm not sure what it actually does and I can't use it linearly and expect it to behave the same every instance. Don't take me wrong, I love plugins that have only few knobs and sound this great, just that I can't call it a precision tool per se.
No phase issues :) Try mixing the dry and wet signal using the Mix parameter or just load it in one of two identical tracks and you won't hear any weird cancellations.
Excelente Plugin! I bought your plugin and tested it even with less than stellar tracks. It is really good, powerful, simple, precise. For a producer like myself, this is exactly what I need at the time of equalizing and balancing my tracks and move on to the next task. Bien hecho, gracias!
A surefire future classic. Might need a few more features (the nodes aren't my favorite, perhaps a dynamic EQ, I don't like Tilt EQs) but I can see that this is something special.
Very cool, so its more like a filterbank in the style of TEOTE but with simplified controls as in Gullfoss? Next take on this approach after Ozones stabilizer. Which is also cool. Now its a difficult point, how much more of theese type of intelligent EQs I want to collect :D I love the approach and I want to see and own every type of realizing it in a plugin. But now it really needs the trained ear to not be fooled by shiny new GUI's that might sell you the same thing you already own and trick you with visual bias.. You are a great developer, I dont expect you to sell me a recoded Gullfoss in a other clothing. But I am really curious to compare them (:
I see your point however TEOTE, even if it has the same price, is completely incomprehensible for noobs such as myself, while Gullfoss has a very high price. This seems like the best of both worlds and very affordable even for bedroom producers.
Interesting and sounds cool....is not like a kind of full band Expansion and Compression/?/ have that kind of sound.... in which ways differ from Sonible SmartEQ 2 or Gulfoss?
Wow! We love your plugins in the studio. Already I have a feature request. Equalize to "Target Curves" 1. Flat, regular like white noise 2. Pink Flat, relative to pink noise (The "Tilt" knob can have a pink dot when it's 3 db per octave) 3. Psychoacoustic Flat, relative to a target curve which is the average measurements of human hearing. I believe Loudness Units LUFS is based on this curve... Thanks
You should be able to achieve all of these yourself by applying an EQ curve before this plug-in and then the inverse curve after the plug-in, since it’s by default trying to make all frequencies equal (which is the definition of white noise)
Downloaded the demo and A/B'd it with Sonible Smart EQ - granted they are sort of different tools, but this is what I wanted from Smart EQ when I bought it - kind of unbelievable how this works in real-time. Will continue testing with the demo, but so far this is a win.
so is it trying to make all audio match the 'white' or 'pink noise' spectrum? (ur friend said he is literally "equalizing" to make everything even) im very curious what u mean by "it's not trying to match a pre-defined curve".
This plugin, on its conception, wasn't designed to match any noise spectrum or predefined EQ curve. Or at least, that wasn't my intention. Meaning that the algorithm behind it is not saying "here's the curve I want, here's the curve I have, let's calculate the difference and apply it". The algorithm that drives Equalizer doesn't rely on anything external. It only uses the incoming signal itself to figure out what is needed and what needs to be cut. Having said that, I did find out that the corrections the plugin performs do resemble the pink noise spectrum. And I think that was a happy accident. Pink noise can be found in nature and it's a very pleasant sound. I think that's one of the key features of Equalizer as it makes your tracks sound more organic, balanced and natural.
@@wavesfactory Thanks for your work. Would be helpful if you could just say *how* it determines by how much to correct each freq band. What is the algorithm? I mean it's not literally trying to make all bands the same volume, is it?
@@000aleph that's the secret sauce. I'm sorry but I can't reveal all my secrets. I can tell you that indeed it's trying to make all bands have the same volume.
Looks very quick and powerful to use. For those of us trying to balance expenses from paycheck to paycheck, when is the intro offer expiring? I've been browsing all over and I'm having a hard time a finding date mentioned anywhere.
Amazing work, well done. I bought Always feel safe because I know you are always making things better and giving us a free update. So there's nothing to worry about, you're number one.
Question you said you can use this plugin on everything. How is it on CPU? I definitely I’m interested in this plugin . The video was very detailed!!! Another where is the plugin most useful in your processing chain before or after your other plugins for example (your vocal chain) desser compressor etc.. will this plugin go before your other plugin processing, or after??? 🤔🤔🤔
Interesting! What about say, a bass guitar - I don't want this equalised across the whole frequency spectrum. I know that I can turn down the high frequency bands BUT does it analyse the whole frequency range or only the frequency range of the sound that is being affected?
Tremendo! Lo estoy probando y es brutal: sonido limpio, sin latencia y bajo consumo. Sólo me faltaría side-chain, dime que en un futuro estará y vendo el soothe ahora mismo 😅 Enhorabuena por el plugin, se queda!
sound pretty nice on demo. I feel like it will really help pop out harmony voices, I often find chorus singers hard to sit in a mix to make each voice clear. This also sounds pretty clear I can hear the compression type of effect but I dont hear any mp3 like swooshing like I have heard in popular spectral plugins. also realtime aspect is awesome. I am going to give it a go. I also like the origin story, taking a misunderstanding and converting it into an idea and then to a tool ten years later is very cool. cheers.
🍀🍀A very good presentation from a very likeable plugin developer who seems to have developed another excellent plugin. Compliment and congratulations! 🍀🍀
The mix per band is a very cool idea and seems well implemented, that makes the plugin definitely stand out compared to others that do similar things such as ThirtyOne by Hornet or in lesser sense Gullfoss.
ThirtyOne by Hornet is amazing however I think it's a different technology and gives very different results. And for 6 euro, ThirtyOne is a bargain. I think one can simply use both.
great plugin and great job as always :) thanks already purchased and managed to play with Equalizer a lot. seems to have found a bug. every time I restart the projects, the value of "Amount" is reset to the default 50%. or am I doing something wrong?)
It is a simular approach like the Baby Audio Smooth Operator Plugin which I use for my remastering ever since it's release. I am working with Steinberg Wavelab Pro and I believe your EQ fits good in my mastering chain.😊
and non-threshold dependant too, unless I missed something. It basically evens out the whole spectrum so this is something that's not possible with a multiband compressor or dynamic eq
Hello. Congratulations on the new plugin. It looks very interesting. A question. Could Equalizer be considered as a serious alternative to oeksound Soothe 2? All the best!
Its interesting, but mixing isn't about making individual sounds great and full sounding, its the exact opposite in many ways; to shape and carve out frequencies in each sound to make them paint a full picture as it were, together. Having a mix of full sounds creates a busy, muddy song with instruments masking each other. I can see some nice use cases though, like a lead vocal perhaps. But generally speaking, a sound must be eq:d with context to the rest of the song, not to itself.
If you think that the way to use this plugin is to insert it on each track and on the master and you're done, then that's not correct. As you say, mixing is about creating space for each element. This plugin will remove a lot of the repetitive tasks that are done in order to prepare the tracks for mixing. It will remove unwanted resonances, it will bring back buried frequencies, it will tame harshness, etc, it will prepare your track in order to later be mixed.
Hola jesus, no contento con Trackspacer y ahora me encuentro con esto!!! Increible.!!! Un trabajo de 10 y sobre todo sencillo, que es lo que hay que pedir a los plugins, sencillez y funcionanlidad, no magia. Y por favor, sigue así. Saludos!
There should be away to choose the range of the effect. U see, maybe I'm perfectly happy with my low end and only want to effect the highs. Ohhh... I was just writing this comment before the end... Forget it!! Watch the video to the end guys!! Plugin seems great! 👍🏽
So basically, this is an audio recovery eq for poorly recorded sources. How destructive it is it? What I don’t think we are able to discern on this platform is ongoing artifacts created by the plug-in. It’s a very interesting concept. I’ll try it
This looks great. Definitely see the benefits for mastering, though less sure about elsewhere. You typically think of different tracks as occupying different parts of the frequency spectrum, rather than everything being flat. It would be good to see how this could work when mixing lots of things.
This is my primary question as well! How does it improve a mix to level the different tracks in this way. It reduces their character and makes them all occupy similar parts of the spectrum.
This prepares your tracks in order to be mixed later. It will take away a lot of repetitive tasks but it will not mix your song automatically. It will get your tracks ready to be mixed. And the mixing process will be much simpler later and you will get much better results in much less time.
12:51 what is not very clear is how the range of the effect being applied works... you have the "0" line , then above positive, and below negative.... but rather can you see it from the very bottom like no Effx, then 0 should be 50% and then the very top 100%?
I compared it a bit with the DSEQ from tbproaudio. When it comes to the amount of cut ( removing unwanted frequencies ) you can do to an audio, DSEQ can perform a bit better, but it doesen't have the boost freq option. Also the graphic part of the eq its more detailed in DSEQ.
This looks and sounds really interesting. A little bit like Ceiling of Sounds. But much faster. Love that there is a tilt filter on board. I will check it out tomorrow. I also love spectre😊😊
It would be really nice for it to work only on a selected frequency band, with a high and lo cut. I would want to be able for it to be on a complex bass sound but not affect the sub bass for instance
@@EdSoloUKLOL Yeah great feature and I like this better than just a highpass/lowpass because this way you be way more specific in determing which frequencies you want to process/ leave unaltered and how much of processing per band
Amazing! My first thought here is that I think it would be nice to have high and low pass filters on the sidechain input, much like Trackspacer does, so you could tell it to not look at the very low or high end on things that don’t need it. Everything else looks perfect, well done!
Like Pink Noise as a side chain into a more technical Trackspacer, but also boosting? or like a passive idea ? Hmmm... Will give it a go... As I use trackspacer that way.. sometimes BTW.. Reminds me of the newfangled suite approach.... And thats a good thing...
I purchased it but have not received my serial yet. I have send several mails with no answer. My purchases area exists but have no function when you have no option for seeing serial or download your purchases. You have to send your email and get no response in my case. 5 star products but 0 star service. No functional website. It’s sad. I still wait for my serial Jesus.
I believe this does some spectral analysis, uses some type of exciter and advanced multiband compression? Somewhat similarly to Fresh Air. Sounds great, I think I might prefer this to Fresh Air. Except for the fact that Fresh Air is free. That's hard to top lol
Hombre, hoy he comprado equalizer y spectre, y sinceramente, me hubiera encantado encontrar las instrucciones también en castellano, al igual que subtítulos en este vídeo. Entiendo que el castellano es un idioma que no vende mucho a nivel imagen mundial de marca software, pero somos más de 400.000.000 y tenemos el mismo derecho que un angloparlante. El vídeo estará muy bien, pero no lo entiendo. Los plugins muy bien.
Just tried the demo.... sounds good. One slight improvement/feature request, a short cut to reset all the drawn in nodes, rather than having to double click reset each one individually? May be this could be a future classic plugin like Trackspacer. :)
Excelente herramienta, me gustó mucho el fundamento para desarrollarlo , de eso se trata puramente es ecualizar. Claro que sirve para moldear el sonido y tiene mucha utilidad. Felicitaciones creo que finalmente esto podría cambiar el paradigma de mezcla.
