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medicine tactic · Post by **medicine tactic** » Mon Jul 08, 2013 5:44 pm

Hi there,

First of all, let me say that EQuilibrium is ridiculously awesome. Thank you for this amazing EQ!

I have permission problems every time I install/update EQuilibrium. When I save a default state, EQuilibrium doesn't retain that setting the next time an instance is created.

I'm able to get it to work by granting Users write permission to the default resources directory ("C:\Program Filew (x86)\DMGAudio\EQuilibrium"), but this doesn't seem right to me. It seems like the default state should be stored in "{User}\AppData\Roaming\DMG Audio\Equilibrium", which will already have write permission for User.

Is there something else I should be doing? Thanks!!

Windows 7 64-bit, btw

Tp3 · Post by **Tp3** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:11 pm

Congrats to Dave for his 10/10 (Computer Music) and an ASTONISHINGLY good review in this month (8/2013) Sound on Sound review ("The most comprehensively featured equaliser ever made, bar none, and by a very long way").

Well done, Dude !!

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 1:38 pm

Its really a swiss army knife of Eq plugins . In my opinion it makes every other Eq plugin obsolete .

MFXxx · Post by **MFXxx** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 5:06 pm

I am interested in what the main differences are between this and PSPAudiowares Neon EQ?

zakufan · Post by **zakufan** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:12 pm

Can you port the multiple source analyser to Equick as well? That would be awesome. Please

snigelx · Post by **snigelx** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:16 pm

MFXxx wrote:I am interested in what the main differences are between this and PSPAudiowares Neon EQ?

From the surface you might consider them very similar. I can see that. Dave puts all the manuals up for public access, which you will find under the Downloads section of the respective device you wish to Demo or learn more about (He is even describing the DSP, routing and curve options in nice detail within). I've not used the PSP Neon HR so I am not one to go further than to suggest the absolute best route to enlightenment in this area is to read both manuals while demoing the products. (That is what I would do.)

One thing to note is that each band can have it's own phase response and you can get in and customise the impulse response behavior. Practical

momalle3 · Post by **momalle3** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:08 pm

A couple moths ago I demo'ed this, loved it, but thought it was a little more than I wanted to pay, and I was hoping Logic X would include improved EQ options. In the meantime I bought a couple other EQ plug but kept wanting them to be Equilibrium. Then Logic X came out with the same old EQ options. So I just finally bought Equilibrium, and am wondering why I ever waited. It just pretty much ends all discussion.

But does anyone know how to get alternative displays from the analyzer? The manual says you can have six different analysis modes--I like the brightness bands, but can't figure out how to get them to show up

snigelx · Post by **snigelx** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:32 pm

momalle3 wrote:...But does anyone know how to get alternative displays from the analyzer?

Hi, yes, right-click on the Analyzer button and choose how you wish the spectrum to appear.

Congrats on your purchase. Cheers

momalle3 · Post by **momalle3** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:37 pm

Thanks! Should have thought of that. I'm on an imac with a trackpad, so it's a control-click for me, but that's a big help

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:49 pm

Indeed congratulations on an awesome purchase! I find Equilibrium absolutely indispensable.

Today I was fooling around with the parallel EQ mode and running the zero-latency analogue phase thing at very low block sizes. It's actually amazing how much one can "tune" the EQ's response and how it sounds.

With the FIR set to lowest values it actually tames or "smears" transients in a very useful way, or at least that's how I hear it. I really liking it on some tricky synth sounds I have in this mix.

Also don't forget to check out the "flattop" EQ mode. It's incredible (just make sure you set the control below Q to 100% so you get a truly "flat" top.

Cheers!
bManic

snigelx · Post by **snigelx** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:28 pm

bmanic wrote:Today I was fooling around with the parallel EQ mode and running the zero-latency analogue phase thing at very low block sizes. It's actually amazing how much one can "tune" the EQ's response and how it sounds...

Yeah, messing with the FIR processing mode can yield interesting results, esp with Rect-Param window. You can also zoom WAY into the IR..Amazing to see how it looks. And you can hold Shift key to get finer values to really crop the IR how you need. One can even cut the signal completely or distort the IR

Also, momalle3, about the spectrum analyzer. Bare in mind, that the paired signal analysis (ex: pre and post) are only available with the regular analyzer type selected. The others do not offer analysis of both a pre/post or mid/side, l/r whatever pair. But you may not need the visual

momalle3 · Post by **momalle3** » Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:37 pm

Wow, I just tried that--very interesting results. It does seem to soften things.

The only problem with Equilibrium is there are too many parameters

djscorb · Post by **djscorb** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:11 pm

Hi

I've been getting a lot of use from the allpass filters recently. If you set two to 12dB and Q=0.71 and place them two octaves apart on a synth bass patch you can really get it to sit nicely in the mix.

Try modulating them fast on a resampled loop of the full mix for some very interesting effects.

Cheers

Scorb

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:24 pm

Hm...i discovered it recently. I was jumping around this plugin, thinking that it's the standard boring EQ. How i was wrong.

This has to be most suited EQ to this date. Fantastic! Simply purely awesome coding there..top notch EQ.

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Sat Aug 03, 2013 6:46 pm

EQuilibrium is in its own class. The more I work with it the more I'm impressed.

I have 2 silly FR's:

1. A overwrite notice if I'm saving a preset, just to make sure I don't erase a previous version. I've lost a few setups that way.

2. A user writable scribble strip (6-10 chars, whatever fits) at the bottom of the band strips for personal notes and/or indications. Toggle in prefs for it too. Use a hand script font if you want to get fancy...

Simply amazing....

DMG EQuilibrium