Quality of Ableton Live's eq and reverb
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- KVRist
- 344 posts since 18 Mar, 2004 from DE
What do you think about the quality of Ableton Live's equaliser and the reverb?
I really like the reverb. Since my ears aren't that developed I can't say anything about the eq. I Would be interested to know what you guys think about it and how its sound compares to other eq like Nyquist, Electri-Q, PlParEQ ...
I really like the reverb. Since my ears aren't that developed I can't say anything about the eq. I Would be interested to know what you guys think about it and how its sound compares to other eq like Nyquist, Electri-Q, PlParEQ ...
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- KVRAF
- 1616 posts since 26 Jun, 2005
push!
btw. I use EQ 4 alot: sounds clean to me and doesn't use much CPU. Perfect!
btw. I use EQ 4 alot: sounds clean to me and doesn't use much CPU. Perfect!
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- KVRAF
- 1616 posts since 26 Jun, 2005
push!
btw. I use EQ 4 alot: sounds clean to me and doesn't use much CPU. Perfect!
P.S
Looking so forward to get EQ 8 in Live 6!
btw. I use EQ 4 alot: sounds clean to me and doesn't use much CPU. Perfect!
P.S
Looking so forward to get EQ 8 in Live 6!
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- KVRAF
- 4822 posts since 14 Mar, 2002 from Somewhere else, on principle
push!?
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- KVRist
- 487 posts since 23 Jan, 2004
I'm not too keen on either the verb or eq in live. the eq sounds a bit harsh, especially if boosting, and the reverb is pretty average even in 'first class' mode.
i do use eq4 in the studio when i need to notch out 'bad' frequencies, but i'm much happier using eliosound's air eq for pretty much everything else. playing live i tend to exclusively use the eq4 and it does do the job ok.
i tend to us live's reverb more as a special effect than as an acoustic space simulator, but i don't really have a high opinion of any native reverbs when compared to decent outboard/dsp cards or convolution. live's reverb certainly isn't markedly worse sounding than most other hosts bundled verbs, and it it quite tweakable.
i do use eq4 in the studio when i need to notch out 'bad' frequencies, but i'm much happier using eliosound's air eq for pretty much everything else. playing live i tend to exclusively use the eq4 and it does do the job ok.
i tend to us live's reverb more as a special effect than as an acoustic space simulator, but i don't really have a high opinion of any native reverbs when compared to decent outboard/dsp cards or convolution. live's reverb certainly isn't markedly worse sounding than most other hosts bundled verbs, and it it quite tweakable.
- KVRAF
- 2382 posts since 23 Sep, 2004 from Kocmoc
theyre crap! I tell ya! *shakes fist*
We have to use them through the tracking process tho, the machine we use is too slow ..
EQ sounds like kicking a cardboard box...
We have to use them through the tracking process tho, the machine we use is too slow ..
EQ sounds like kicking a cardboard box...
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- KVRAF
- 7489 posts since 6 Jul, 2004
EQ3 - fun for doing the DJ thing it's designed for.
EQ4 - average. Compares well against the simple mixer based EQs some other DAWs ship with. However, in Live 5 I most often reach for my Kjaerhus GEQ-7.
EQ8 - absolutely stunning!! My GEQ-7 may soon be gathering dust.
Reverb - good for particular effects on a track, but I like it less as a general use EQ on a bus.
EQ4 - average. Compares well against the simple mixer based EQs some other DAWs ship with. However, in Live 5 I most often reach for my Kjaerhus GEQ-7.
EQ8 - absolutely stunning!! My GEQ-7 may soon be gathering dust.
Reverb - good for particular effects on a track, but I like it less as a general use EQ on a bus.
