Just how good is Voxengo's HarmoniEQ?
How well does it compare to UA's Precision EQ, Cambridge, Neve 1073, etc.?
Reason I ask is...I'm trying to find out if it sounds surgical/digital, or is modeled after a classic hdwe. peice (or...just how it sounds, in general...as I heard it does top-end really well.)
Thanks,
mark4man
HarmoniEQ vs. _ _ _ _?
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- KVRAF
- 5851 posts since 9 Jul, 2002 from Helsinki
... easiest way to hear how it sounds would be downloading the demo.Voxengo website wrote: HarmoniEQ is a digital equalizer in audio plug-in form specifically designed to bring excellent and unconventional equalizing performance requiring little to none effort from the user. We have called HarmoniEQ a harmonically-enhanced equalizer because harmonical enhancement it applies to the sound is an inherent element of its overall sonic quality. Its special Boost mode coupled with a high-shelving boost produces a really stunning harmonically-rich and shiny sound.
Since the easiness of tuning was one of our goals HarmoniEQ features a single control surface to control equalizer curve. No knobs to have hassle with! HarmoniEQ's control surface workflow implements our best findings in the area of "user-equalizer" interaction. This allowed us to offer the user 3 shelving and 4 bell-shaped filters without making HarmoniEQ a hard-to-finetune device. At the same time having 7 equalizer bands in total gives the user a lot of control over spectral details of the program material being processed.
As an added bonus HarmoniEQ features a special Woofer sound mode which allows you to make instant silky-smooth bass adjustments. Another very useful element of HarmoniEQ is its control surface's frequency range which goes up to 35 kHz. This allows you to make air boosts which are among the best in the industry. It should be also noted that HarmoniEQ works best for frequency band boosts. At the same time frequency band cuts tend to sound almost invisible which is a very important feature for an equalizer.
http://www.voxengo.com/downloads/?highl ... #harmonieq
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- KVRian
- 1359 posts since 5 Mar, 2005
This says it best. Harmonieq is in its own category. I think you want to own all that you've named (harmoni,precision,neve).All are great for different tasks and makes an arsenal very powerful.If i could only own one it would be harmonieq because it sounds most natural to me, and its coloration does'nt become obtrusive on certain tracks and is not too dramatic.It also can be used in a pretty transparent way that most eq's out here can't wich is very important to me, it really sounds good. neve 1073 is great but not surgical or as suitable for as much material that harmoni is suitable for to me due to the way its character is.I have both harmonieq and precision and love both but harmoni is more important to me.They really are apples and oranges to some degree so its hard to compare.martian wrote:it sounds different to everything ive tried, doesnt really fit into any category other than unique for me.
why not try it?