GlissEQ vs. Electri-Q

[Alien Leg]

Hi!

I can't decide between these two wonderful EQs! Both have the spectrum analyzer I want, similar interface and good sound. Electri-Q does have more filter types, but does one need them? It also does consume less CPU in digital mode. Is the analog mode of Electri-Q comparable to Gliss or is Gliss more a digital, clean EQ?

Does someone have experience with both?

Any help for decision appreciated!

Markus

[sounddesigner]

I'd like to hear some comparisons between the two myself. I own gliss eq and love it, but i've never tried electri-q.

[Oliver.Lucas]

Gliss EQ has high latency AFAIK, so if you want to use it during tracking it's not the right EQ. I remember trying a demo thinking that it sounds good, but is also a little complicated to tweak. When I want to boost a certain frequency I usually roughly know where I want to tweak and just do it by hearing. Somehow I'm conservative here. I do not want too many parameters to distract me. This is why the Electri-Q GUI is so fantastic. It has all sorts of possibilities(like the different sound chracteristics that I really USE!), but it hides them as long as you don't request them (right click)

Gliss EQ has it's strengths on mids, I remember trying the demo thinking this is really sounding good. It's a completely different concept as it is (mainly) a dynamic EQ.

But Electri-Q has become my everyday EQ, I use it for everything. It's very versatile with the different characteristics and is the best sounding software EQ I have heard yet. (And I have tried a LOT!) When I first used it I had some problems with Nuendo, but Christian was quick fixing these.

My vote goes for Electri-Q. It's more versatile, sounds better for most applications, has a better (less distracting) GUI. I believe that good software needs to enable you to get superb results very fast. Electri-Q does that.

Don't think that I don't like Voxengo stuff - I like their Elephant plugin a lot (although it kind of pushes the concept of making an easy concept difficult to tweak), but it allows you to push the levels further than others while still sounding very good. And curve EQ is my weapon to recreate that stupid shotgun mike sound when doing ADR.

Ollie

[Sami]

Gliss EQ has high latency AFAIK

That's not true. Gliss EQ doesn't have latency.

[M'Snah]

Gliss EQ has high latency AFAIK, so if you want to use it during tracking it's not the right EQ. I remember trying a demo ...

Apparently you don't really have a clue about Gliss EQ. It might even have been a completely different product that you tested.

It's great that you're enthusiastic about Electri-Q, but please don't pretend to compare, if you don't know both products. I've had GlissEQ for a while, and found it a great flexible versatile product. But I haven't tried Electri-Q yet (even though I subscribed to the group buy ).

[defjamm]

Is the analog mode of Electri-Q comparable to Gliss or is Gliss more a digital, clean EQ?

electri-q in digital mode with rbj-filters should be compared to gliss(without dynamic mode), gliss is pretty clean.

IMHO you get way way more with electri-q...christian could sell electri-q for 1000$ and it wouldn't be expensive takin into account all the features it offers.
gliss is not bad, just you get WAY more for your money with electri-q.

edit: but maybe you need something that only gliss in dynamic mode can give you. choose the one that works better for you.

[justjazz]

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[advaya]

IMHO you get way way more with electri-q...christian could sell electri-q for 1000$ and it wouldn't be expensive takin into account all the features it offers.

defjamm - can you elaborate on this? As far as I can tell, glisseq and electri-q both come with similar filters, similar useful presets and a good spectral view. Electri-Q seems to come with more filter types, but I'm not sure I'll use more than the basic filter types. So for me, the main discriminator is the dynamic feature glisseq has.

Can you fill me in on the features of electri-Q that give it "way way more"? I'm another buyer sitting on the fence with the group buy.

I was going to ask the same thing...

Asside from having an analog mode, I'm not really sure what else it offers over GlissEQ.

For what it's worth, I'm a huge fan of GlissEQ. The spectrum feature is really nice, and there is just something about being able to sweep a node across the spectrum using the dials (makes it super easy to key in on trouble spots). The dynamic feature of Gliss is interesting, but I've hardly ever used it. I love it as a straight-forward parametric EQ.

Anyway, I'm always interested in EQs, so if you'd care to elaborate defjamm, I'd appreciate it.

[flippya2000]

Hi!

I can't decide between these two wonderful EQs! Both have the spectrum analyzer I want, similar interface and good sound. Electri-Q does have more filter types, but does one need them? It also does consume less CPU in digital mode. Is the analog mode of Electri-Q comparable to Gliss or is Gliss more a digital, clean EQ?

Does someone have experience with both?

Any help for decision appreciated!

Markus

I don't know how it compares with GlissEQ, but if you want to know, why not try it out yourself. Many people are using EQ for different types of music/sounds, & opinions always vary, so the only way to know for sure is to try it yourself. The offer for Electri-Q ends today, so why not spend a few hours demoing both EQs for your needs then decide..

[Oliver.Lucas]

Gliss EQ has high latency AFAIK

That's not true. Gliss EQ doesn't have latency.

Sorry, I stand corrected.

[defjamm]

IMHO you get way way more with electri-q...christian could sell electri-q for 1000$ and it wouldn't be expensive takin into account all the features it offers.

defjamm - can you elaborate on this? As far as I can tell, glisseq and electri-q both come with similar filters, similar useful presets and a good spectral view. Electri-Q seems to come with more filter types, but I'm not sure I'll use more than the basic filter types. So for me, the main discriminator is the dynamic feature glisseq has.

Can you fill me in on the features of electri-Q that give it "way way more"? I'm another buyer sitting on the fence with the group buy.

I was going to ask the same thing...

Asside from having an analog mode, I'm not really sure what else it offers over GlissEQ.

For what it's worth, I'm a huge fan of GlissEQ. The spectrum feature is really nice, and there is just something about being able to sweep a node across the spectrum using the dials (makes it super easy to key in on trouble spots). The dynamic feature of Gliss is interesting, but I've hardly ever used it. I love it as a straight-forward parametric EQ.

Anyway, I'm always interested in EQs, so if you'd care to elaborate defjamm, I'd appreciate it.

no problem, but always remember it's my opinion. like i wrote choose what you guys need and what gets the job done for you.

when you hold the right button a little longer on the filters(in the spectrum window) you get all the goodies of electri-q. it's just a lot for the money...it has that digital mode which is similar to voxengo, than that analog with added harmonics and the linear phase mode could be interesting, especially when you hold the right button and try out 's-plane' filters(could be interesting for high mids and highs). it has the old train filters which are inspired from valvetone when i'm right.
you get minimum phase, colored minimum phase and linear phase all in a nice package with a great price.

[advaya]

no problem, but always remember it's my opinion. like i wrote choose what you guys need and what gets the job done for you.

when you hold the right button a little longer on the filters(in the spectrum window) you get all the goodies of electri-q. it's just a lot for the money...it has that digital mode which is similar to voxengo, than that analog with added harmonics and the linear phase mode could be interesting, especially when you hold the right button and try out 's-plane' filters(could be interesting for high mids and highs). it has the old train filters which are inspired from valvetone when i'm right.
you get minimum phase, colored minimum phase and linear phase all in a nice package with a great price.

The added filtering options do sound pretty interesting... Could come in handy for those moments where I'd like to 'experiment' with the sound (rather than just EQ it).

Guess I might have to give the demo a try. (though I am afraid I might end up spending more money! )

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I've also been reading a bit about what it can do in another thread here.

Cheers.

[4damind]

GlissEQ is a complete other thing Is something like a dynamic EQ and _can_ be a normal parametric EQ! A dynamic EQ works similar as a compressor. EQing works more "musical", very useful to equalize wider frequency ranges eg. at mastering. Sonalksis DQ1 (Dynamic Equalizer) works in similar manner... But: GlissEQ with "Dyn" value of "0" disables this dynamic EQ-feature and you have a normal parametric EQ...

As I know Electri-Q is not an dynamic EQ. So you cannot compare this two. But Electri-Q has more bands (64 Afaik), GlissEQ only has 5 bands.

[justjazz]

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[Olga3144]

electriq 's more like having 20 eq's not 20 presets ... and my ears like it ... esp. for 50 bucks