WOW you weren't kidding about that mid band, that sounded smooth as silk even after the youtube compression. But the real badassery was seeing how effortlessly you could match the left and right channels.
wow. what a perfect combination of surgical and colorful. sounded so clean and musical with the big boosts in db on all frequencies. maybe this is the perfect eq.. you lucky bastid..
Very cool device. Ranks up there with "fairy dust" since I can never own one! But seriously folks, the one thing that could improve this is an output trim link option -- perhaps having top knob control both channels when activated to match trim without that two-handed "close but no cigar" approach.
I just sold my dangerous bax eq... thinking about a new mixbus/mastering eq... this could definitely be a contender for my rack space... I really like the sound of the mid eq on this as well as the highs in iron mode particularly... that's what I felt was missing from the dangerous bax... the mids are such an important frequency range dont know why they'd leave it out on a mastering eq... I did however love the colour of the dangerous bax... M/S mode would have been a great function to add on this as well... Sounds great I really like it especially for electronic music
Sounds great. Would love to see you do a review of the Bettermaker 232MKII Equalizer (two parametric EQs + a pultec section + m/s). This is on my short list of mastering EQs I'm considering. Great features plus its also digital controlled analog that can be controlled via plugin (which is a feature that I know you love).
That's just great David. A perfect commercial for a piece of kit nobody (save 9 other lucky -wealthy- people) can have! (insert ironic smiley here) I got just two questions; 1 - Why aren't the channels properly labelled? (1 & 2, Left & Right) 2 - @3:42 WTF..?! 24kHz is the 'new' air band now..? What the hell happened to 14kHz as the designated air band? (I'm old, I don't hear anything above 15kHz anyway. I also am of the opinion there's nothing particularly musical and/or useful going on above say, 12.5kHz to begin with.) ;-)
I know. All I'm saying is, it isn't that long ago when adding some 'air' to a dull mix or vocal meant giving it a gentle boost @ 14 or 15 k (probably in combination with a LPF). I can even see some use for a boost at 20k, but 40..? It's not like everybody is listening to their favorite tracks on SACD these days. (Smiley omitted) Thanks for taking the time to respond anyway David, I appreciate it.
I can feel a mix with top end above 20. Arm hair tingles, air presence comes out of a quality listening environment and the shelving is gentle at 14K, so, it helps the gracefulness of the entire shelf.
I always use the 40k boost, its awesome to make vocals really upfront, bright, and makes it sound like the singer is really singing in your ears, 40k you can definitely you hear differences in audio.
wtf how can it be THIS transparent. and those smooth highs??? what is this magic? We really, really need an Acqua plugin modeled after it or at least an N4 lib!!!
haha I felt the same way too. You cold barely hear the changes but when you bypassed it I was always like "and this shit came to sound THAT good? wtf?" not that the mix was bad in any way, just the huge contrast... Man Nocturne Audio did such a good job (and in good part to you saying "I want this and that"), I just wish I could get my hands on one in like two years or so because right now, there is no way for me to afford one. I hope someone with N4 and good converters gets their hands on this one to make a proper and extensive library. Or better yet, the Acoustica guys themselves to make an Acqua Plugin.
the thing about comments is, there's always someone with an irrational opinion to share. Using your "reasoning", since you used the word "always", anything new that costs "a lot of money" is a waste of time; clearly, that's an ignorant assumption that could be proven incorrect over and over.
Pete Musgrove "there's is always" is a rational concept, like there's always someone dieing or being born at the moment, if I said "ALL", that would be making an assumption and you might of had a point. Buying new equipment when you already have equipment to do the job, is not wasteful, than what is.
Since the eq in question has features that the engineer has never had available before on any other unit, I don't believe it's reasonable to claim that any "reinventing the wheel" has occurred.
