Redunoise as mastering eq ?
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- KVRian
- 619 posts since 13 Aug, 2005
All these EQ threads lately got me thinking about large kernel FFT based EQs for mastering. I was weighing the build/buy tradeoffs, especially regarding the gui design, and it occurred to me that the Voxengo Redunoise might be a sleeper effect that could work well for a mastering EQ. I know it is primarily targeted for noise reduction, but it has (i think) a pretty large kernel size (the plug latency is over 32k samples) and has a 'makeup' section that is basically an eq with a user drawable multi-segment curve. Setting the noise reduction threshold so that no reduction takes place would leave you with a high resoltion eq (if the FFT kernel is, in fact, as large as the sample latency implies). Thoughts ?
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- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 619 posts since 13 Aug, 2005
D'oh .. spoke too soon. Just found a post on Voxengo's support forum that says Redunoise does not use FFT. I am still interested to see how it behaves as a mastering eq even if it is not using FFT.
http://www.voxengo.com/forum/redunoise/667/
http://www.voxengo.com/forum/redunoise/667/
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- KVRAF
- 4030 posts since 7 Sep, 2002
If you can sacrifice inconveniences of high CPU load and high latency of Redunoise, you may be sure you will get an ultimate EQ precision. You post made me think that there are probably even no other plug-ins that can offer such EQ precision (in Redunoise it is just a byproduct). Beside that you can choose between linear-phase and minimum-phase filter response. (Makeup envelope is basically an EQ if noise redunoise is not engaged).
