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scius · Post by **scius** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:20 am

i'm mixing hip-hop if that makes any difference.

i find when using spectral matching on CurveEQ / Firium:

Firium gives me a very tight bottom end and somewhat harsh highs.

CurveEQ gives me great, silky smooth highs and a muddy bottom end.

agree or disagree?

fgimian · Post by **fgimian** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 12:51 pm

I can agree with your observations, however ... CurveEQ is much much more accurate when doing spectral matching. I have tried firium and it was so far off the correct result, that I found it completely useless for matching.

I do find the bottom end less punchy with curveEQ though. May I suggest that you use the matching EQ on CurveEQ with the low end boost of the GlissEQ. Make sure you use Lo-Shelf Z1 mode, its the most punchy I have found.

Cheers
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Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:10 pm

scius, you may alternatively use 'M-P' (minimum phase) mode instead of default 'L-P' in CurveEQ. This should produce a little more 'punchier' low end response.

fgimian · Post by **fgimian** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 1:39 pm

nice tip there Aleksey, just tried that mode, very nice. Also another thing that just made it very punchy is the vintage mode, put it on V7, wowee

I love this plugin more and more as I use it !

Cheers
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martian · Post by **martian** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:26 pm

m-p is the one.

aleksey, any chance of releasing that mode as a simple track eq plugin? i know there are already many phase warping eqs around but they all have something like the expense, workflow and general implementation that i dislike.

regards,

scius · Post by **scius** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:42 pm

m-p is slightly punchier, yet doesn't give me the tight end of firium.

i love curveEQ's high end though, very smooth.

aleksey, how many bands would you recommend for smooth sounding spectral matching on an entire mix?

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:55 pm

scius wrote:i'm mixing hip-hop if that makes any difference.

i find when using spectral matching on CurveEQ / Firium:

Firium gives me a very tight bottom end and somewhat harsh highs.

CurveEQ gives me great, silky smooth highs and a muddy bottom end.

agree or disagree?

Are you matching to reference material? You might want to try out AAMS.

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:50 pm

scius, I guess anything below 30 bands will do.

Aleksey Vaneev · Post by **Aleksey Vaneev** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:11 pm

wm, not at the moment. We have too many equalizers already: it become hard to decide which one to buy.

I guess I'll release a totally new EQ when I get some relatively new approach/sound.

curveEQ/firium - do you agree?