Solid EQ (Solid Mix Series)

Well...nobody has reviewed this EQ since it was released a million years ago and seeing as I've just reviewed the compressor and bus comp from this series, I thought I should give it a go and achieve the trifecta ...

Once again this is coded by Frank Filipanits and a few other technical wizards when NI was King...

It is a 4 band EQ with high and low pass filters, optional bell or shelving on the high and low bands and a sweepable Q on the low and high mid frequencies...

It is also switchable between the E and G curves of an SSL console...

It has separate mix controls for the wet and dry signal and a very low CPU drain with zero latency...

There's much more to say...

What I like about this EQ is that there is no metering, so you have to listen to what is happening and that can really be helpful and take us away from the prejudices of listening with our eyes...

Like I said in the compressor review, the effects that NI have released are often overlooked and denigrated to some degree, but if we open up our minds and our ears, we just might realise that these tools are very solid and they get the job done with the minimum of fuss...

Another shout out to Frank and Co. for a highly professional EQ to go with the other Solid Mix tools ...