I'm going to test it myself, of course, but tomorrow. In the meantime I'm curious if someone had compared it to other emulations (Waves, Plugin Alliance, Slate, and so on) and if someone had liked better what Melda is doing
Cheers!
How does MTurboEQ compares with other analog EQs plugins?
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 21 May, 2020
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- KVRian
- 964 posts since 12 May, 2019
I've been investigating MTurboEQ more lately to another sampled emulation that I use. The way I feel, you can't compare in PluginDoctor - you have to listen. Technically, they do the same thing but you'll have to see what you prefer in practice. It's like they say: the best EQ is the one you have and know best. Charlie Clouser likes it so that's something.
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- KVRist
- 303 posts since 13 Sep, 2014
(Culturally insensitive perhaps, but I cannot read the thread title without hearing it in the voice of Swisgaar Swigelf)
I don't think that the devices in MTurboEQ are supposed to be "emulations." The controls don't match up 1:1 with the classic EQ's they are supposed to be similar to.
I think the intention with MTurboEQ is to provide a more knob-twiddly type of EQ than the surgical precision tools that Meldaproduction is known for. Turn the knobs and listen to what happens.
That's not a workflow that I've been able to incorporate very well so far. I'm more of a "there's something poking out/lacking at a certain frequency" mix engineer, so I reach for scalpels like MEQualizer or the Quadcurve EQ in my DAW, Cakewalk.
I know that once I learn it better, my mixes will probably sound better using a tool like MTurboEQ, but I'm just not there yet. With me, it does help to examine it with PluginDoctor, because it shows me what it's actually doing. (The subtext here is that I sometimes have difficulty trusting my ears.
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I don't think that the devices in MTurboEQ are supposed to be "emulations." The controls don't match up 1:1 with the classic EQ's they are supposed to be similar to.
I think the intention with MTurboEQ is to provide a more knob-twiddly type of EQ than the surgical precision tools that Meldaproduction is known for. Turn the knobs and listen to what happens.
That's not a workflow that I've been able to incorporate very well so far. I'm more of a "there's something poking out/lacking at a certain frequency" mix engineer, so I reach for scalpels like MEQualizer or the Quadcurve EQ in my DAW, Cakewalk.
I know that once I learn it better, my mixes will probably sound better using a tool like MTurboEQ, but I'm just not there yet. With me, it does help to examine it with PluginDoctor, because it shows me what it's actually doing. (The subtext here is that I sometimes have difficulty trusting my ears.
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- KVRist
- 41 posts since 7 Apr, 2022
I like it more than the Waves emulations. The low and low-mids sound smoother to me and less ‘bumpy’ to me. Maybe this is due to default Q settings? I don’t know specs but I know I love the sound of the Melda versions compared to Waves/PA. The UAD would be close second behind Melda.