In short: Slope for basic filtering anywhere on an audio chain, Parametric EQ for cutting or boosting a single frequency (subtle values work best), Graphical EQ for stereo EQ effects using the Stereo knobs and Curve for detailed filter and/or EQ, most useful for mastering. Beware of Slope's High Pass mode: it has a bug that cuts off anything above 10 kHz.
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2021-11-07 03:52 · 2021-11-07
Thanks for the reply! You seem to comment on a lot of posts like this. Actually I didn't even know the Graphical EQ existed. I meant the Curve when saying the full graphic EQ. But it was fun exploring all this different tools and thanks for clarifying!
High Pass mode: it has a bug that cuts off anything above 10 kHz.
Seriously? Never noticed this. I put a slope on high pass mode frequently on the master output and think I would have noticed this!
You mean the low pass mode?
I meant the high-pass mode. The output's spectrum would be capped at 10 kHz. AT called it a design flaw at the time. But I just tested it now and the bug seems to have been fixed. I wasn't aware because it wasn't reported anywhere. There's a long discussion about this issue here: https://www.audiotool.com/board/feature_requests/not_specific_to_next. You liked one of the comments, maybe you forgot that post.
Ah good news. Otherwise my hearing would have gotten really bad :D
Somehow it rings a bell now that i think about it. Must have been fixed a while ago though because I've been using it for quite a while to cut the low end on the master.
I still use pEQ. The main reason to use it is when I only need a small EQ tweak to something, and because it's resource efficient. Slope is for when I want to sweep a filter. I could technically do that by automating nodes on a graphic EQ, but again it's just more appropriate and efficient. I usually use the 2-Band EQ for general instrument stuff nowadays, but using the full Graphic EQ with multiple nodes should only really be needed for a master EQ over the whole mix.
I find most people are very wasteful with the full EQ and put it over everything... They do all sorts of weird notches or needless tweaks to either fix a bad mix or compensate for a bad room sound. It's better in my opinion to be more efficient. Stacking up 10 full graphic plugins and multiband compressors over everything eats up more resources on your track. Less is more. A track should be designed in such a way that it sounds great without any EQ or compressors at all.
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In short: Slope for basic filtering anywhere on an audio chain, Parametric EQ for cutting or boosting a single frequency (subtle values work best), Graphical EQ for stereo EQ effects using the Stereo knobs and Curve for detailed filter and/or EQ, most useful for mastering. Beware of Slope's High Pass mode: it has a bug that cuts off anything above 10 kHz.
Thanks for the reply! You seem to comment on a lot of posts like this. Actually I didn't even know the Graphical EQ existed. I meant the Curve when saying the full graphic EQ. But it was fun exploring all this different tools and thanks for clarifying!
Seriously? Never noticed this. I put a slope on high pass mode frequently on the master output and think I would have noticed this!
You mean the low pass mode?
I meant the high-pass mode. The output's spectrum would be capped at 10 kHz. AT called it a design flaw at the time. But I just tested it now and the bug seems to have been fixed. I wasn't aware because it wasn't reported anywhere. There's a long discussion about this issue here: https://www.audiotool.com/board/feature_requests/not_specific_to_next. You liked one of the comments, maybe you forgot that post.
Ah good news. Otherwise my hearing would have gotten really bad :D
Somehow it rings a bell now that i think about it. Must have been fixed a while ago though because I've been using it for quite a while to cut the low end on the master.
I still use pEQ. The main reason to use it is when I only need a small EQ tweak to something, and because it's resource efficient. Slope is for when I want to sweep a filter. I could technically do that by automating nodes on a graphic EQ, but again it's just more appropriate and efficient. I usually use the 2-Band EQ for general instrument stuff nowadays, but using the full Graphic EQ with multiple nodes should only really be needed for a master EQ over the whole mix.
I find most people are very wasteful with the full EQ and put it over everything... They do all sorts of weird notches or needless tweaks to either fix a bad mix or compensate for a bad room sound. It's better in my opinion to be more efficient. Stacking up 10 full graphic plugins and multiband compressors over everything eats up more resources on your track. Less is more. A track should be designed in such a way that it sounds great without any EQ or compressors at all.
Completely agree with the last statement. Get it to sound as good as possible as early as possible.