Native Instruments SOLID MIX Series, Manual

Control

Description

Bell switch

(

LF

 and 

HF

 sections only)

Switches between shelving and bell response curve: With the switch disa-
bled, the low/high frequency band has a shelving response curve. With the

switch enabled, the band has a bell response curve (similar to those of

the 

LMF

 and 

HMF

 bands).

Q knob (quality factor)

(

LMF

 and 

HMF

 sections only)

Adjusts the width of the frequency band by modifying the steepness of

the bell response curve around the center frequency. With the knob at full
right, the frequency band is wide and the slope of the bell is very soft. By

turning the knob counter-clockwise, the slope becomes steeper and the
band narrower — in other terms, fewer frequencies are affected by the
cut/boost and the equalization on this band is more selective.

As a rule of thumb: Use a low Q (wide bandwidth) when boosting, and a high Q (a narrow
spike) when cutting.

(5) 

HPF

 knob: Additional high-pass filter allowing you tu cut the low end of the frequency spec-

trum.
(6) Curve switch: Switches between two characteristics for the overall response curve of the EQ.
Both settings notably differ by their slope behavior:

▪

G

 (switch on the left): With this setting, the 

LF

 and 

HF

 bands have a steeper slope. Fur-

thermore, the bandwidth for the 

LMF

 and 

HMF

 sections vary with the gain set by the 

DB

knob: The lower the cut/boost, the wider the frequency band. This can be useful when you
want to apply subtle corrections to complex audio material (e.g. whole mixes).

▪

E

  (switch  on  the  right):  With  this  setting,  the 

LF

  and 

HF

  bands  have  a  slightly  softer

slope, while the 

LMF

 and 

HMF

 bands keep a constant bandwidth at all gains. This set-

tings allows achieving high Q values even for low gain values, which can be very useful
when you want to select narrow frequency bands (e.g. when making surgical adjustments
on specific sounds).

For the 

LMF

 and 

HMF

 band, with the 

dB

 knob at full left or full right (i.e. at full amplifica-

tion or attenuation), the E and G response curves are identical.

(7) 

LPF

 knob: Additional low-pass filter allowing you tu cut the high end of the frequency spec-

trum.

Using the SOLID EQ

The Main Interface

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