HPF and API EQs
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 159 posts since 8 Nov, 2008 from Prague
One of the things I like about Neve EQs is there built in high pass filter. I tend to use the HPFs basically on everything, including kick and bass. But how about API EQs?
There is a band pass filter in 550A - do you find this sufficient for all the filtering needs or would you still prefer an external HPF? I am not sure I like the sound of the LPF that is involved with it. What do you think?
How would you HP filter on a real hardware API console with 550Bs that do not have any filters? What would the pros normally use for that task?
I know I can slap a regular digital EQ on the API emulation but it feels so inappropriate.
There is a band pass filter in 550A - do you find this sufficient for all the filtering needs or would you still prefer an external HPF? I am not sure I like the sound of the LPF that is involved with it. What do you think?
How would you HP filter on a real hardware API console with 550Bs that do not have any filters? What would the pros normally use for that task?
I know I can slap a regular digital EQ on the API emulation but it feels so inappropriate.
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- KVRian
- 605 posts since 31 Aug, 2012
Pro's normally use digital hpf especially fir filters way better then analog filters for that target !Masr wrote:?? ??
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- KVRian
- 605 posts since 31 Aug, 2012
Read it for yourself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_impulse_responseMasr wrote:So, preferably linear-phase EQ? I would worry about pre-ringing Or are there non-linearphase FIR EQs too?
Fir filters are top notch in my opinion i guess the guys at Acoustica also use them,Dave Gamble Equllibrium its the essential comes to my mind when speaking bout that.
I know its pricey but once you buy it u don't almost any other eq's witch its important to consider.
Again not sure why u need non linear filters,anytime i used high end outboard for cutting results was terrible in my opinion they are not precise enough ..
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
I actually ended up selling my waves API set because though the filter is cool, and does much of what you need, I'd still end up needing to HPF with something else in many cases. Plus on that set, there isn't a filter on the B version so all I ended up ever using was the A
- KVRAF
- 1645 posts since 12 Dec, 2012 from Switzerland
Who cares? Just put another EQ before/after the API. That's what I do. I use Pro-Q as a lo/hi cut. If you're after the API tone, who cares if there is another plugin around it Do whatever gives you the sound you're looking for.
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- KVRian
- 1400 posts since 9 Feb, 2012
Models of one or both of the following would be nice:
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- KVRAF
- 1645 posts since 12 Dec, 2012 from Switzerland
16 of them are on my wish listantithesist wrote:Models of one or both of the following would be nice:
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- KVRian
- 1400 posts since 9 Feb, 2012
Whoa... that's a lot of wishing!
We have one of these and a few other hardware filters for HP/LP (and tilt, in this case) duties... used mostly for live/tracking, but also mix, etc. (HP has resonance, too):
We have one of these and a few other hardware filters for HP/LP (and tilt, in this case) duties... used mostly for live/tracking, but also mix, etc. (HP has resonance, too):
WEASEL: World Electro-Acoustic Sound Excitation Laboratories
- KVRAF
- 1645 posts since 12 Dec, 2012 from Switzerland
How do they sound? Are you happy with them? I have them on my radar a while, but wasn't able to test them.antithesist wrote:Whoa... that's a lot of wishing!
We have one of these and a few other hardware filters for HP/LP (and tilt, in this case) duties... used mostly for live/tracking, but also mix, etc. (HP has resonance, too):
stardustmedia - high end analog music services - murat
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- KVRian
- 1400 posts since 9 Feb, 2012
deft_bonz: your reply slipped by me.
It sounds great... very transparent (no transformer or discrete opamp mojo, though... or capacitor interference for that matter).
It's a sweet add-on "EQ" for anything, really: mic pres, other EQs, etc. or just as tilt EQ plus filters on its own.
It sounds great... very transparent (no transformer or discrete opamp mojo, though... or capacitor interference for that matter).
It's a sweet add-on "EQ" for anything, really: mic pres, other EQs, etc. or just as tilt EQ plus filters on its own.
WEASEL: World Electro-Acoustic Sound Excitation Laboratories