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Welcome to SOLID EQ
SOLID EQ brings the equalizer section of one of the most renowned studio mixing consoles of
all times into your studio by way of FX Framework.
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What Is an Equalizer?
An equalizer (EQ for short) is an essential audio processing tool that allows you to amplify or
attenuate specific parts of the frequency content in your audio signal.
Its name reminds its original purpose in telecommunications, namely correcting the frequency
content of a signal that might have been altered somewhere on the line — in short, equalizing
it again.
In the audio domain, though, the equalizer can be used in many more applications, including
creative ones, just to name a few:
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Defining the bass content.
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Adding sparkle to vocals.
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Correcting unwanted resonances in your recordings.
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Separating tracks with similar frequency ranges.
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Modifying more frankly, or even creatively destroying your original sound.
Gains, Frequency Bands, and Response Curves
Equalizers allow you to apply various amounts of amplification or attenuation (called gains) to
different ranges of frequencies (called frequency bands). Basically, an equalizer can be seen as
a set of filters, each of them applying a certain amplification/attenuation to a particular fre-
quency band.
On each band, the boost/cut is not constant for all frequencies but rather continuously evolving
between both ends of the band. This is called the frequency response — also referred as the
“shape” of the band. Here are a few common shape types:
Welcome to SOLID EQ
What Is an Equalizer?
Solid EQ - Manual - 5
Summary of Contents for SOLID MIX Series
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