MIXING & EFFECTS

Fruity Parametric EQ 2

Fruity Parametric EQ 2 is an advanced 7-band parametric equalizer plugin with spectral analysis. The band type and the frequency and width of each band are fully adjustable. You can choose from High Shelf, Low Shelf, Peaking, Band Pass, Notch, Low Pass, High Pass or Band Pass filters for each band independently. There is also a global gain slider to adjust the overall volume.

Use Parametric EQ 2 whenever precise control over EQ is required. Alternatively, if screen space is tight use Fruity Parametric EQ, or for a graphic EQ, try EQUO. Note: If you require more precise control over EQ, the off-line Equalize Tool in Edison provides the greatest precision of all the EQ plugins.

Parameters

1. Band Type & Filter Slope Selectors - Note that the upper section shows different shapes (Band Type) with dots below each shape (Filter Slope). Band Type: Left-click and drag up/down to change the filter type between OFF, Low Pass, Band Pass, Notch, Low Shelf, Peaking, High Shelf. Filter Slope: Left-click and drag up/down on the dot(s) below each band shape to select filter slope. Down = Steep 4, 6 & 8, Up = Gentle 2, 6 & 8 (the steep filters give more precision in EQ isolation). Note: The Band Tokens can also be right-clicked to show menus for both filter and slope types.
2. EQ Sliders - Adjust the equalization level by sliding up/down. Note that Low Pass, Band Pass and Notch filters don't use this parameter (so the slider is disabled).
3. FREQ / BW - Controls the centre frequency and bandwidth of the EQ band.
4. Band Token - Most controls can also be made directly by interacting with the seven tokens.
   • Bandwidth - 1. Shift+Click and move mouse left/right on bands; 2. Click the mouse-wheel and do the same, OR 3. Scroll the mouse wheel while hovering over the token.
   • Reset Band - Alt+Click a band to reset it.
   • Fine Adjustment - Ctrl+Click a band to make fine adjustments (same for all knobs and sliders).
   • Main Level - Left-Click outside the bands to adjust the main level control (the cursor will change from pointer to a cross).
   • Filter Type & Order - Right-Click on the token to open a menu of filter types and filter orders.
5. Options and Settings - From left to right:
   • Options:
     • High precision monitor - Increases the resolution of the background frequency spectrum monitoring at the expense of latency (relates to spectral monitoring, not plugin output).
     • About - Shows version details and credits.
   • HQ - Uses oversampling to improve audio quality, particularly in the region above 15 kHz, buy at the expense of CPU usage.
   • View band tokens - Turns the tokens ON/OFF.
   • Monitor - Turns the spectral monitoring ON/OFF or shows the spectrum of the plugin output.
   • Compare - Click the first down-arrow to save the current EQ settings to a spare bank. Click the up/down arrow control to swap between the saved bank and the main bank. Tweaking any parameter in the spare bank will cause it to become the main bank again. Use this to compare EQ settings. Note that the comparison bank is saved along with the main bank, so keep this in mind if you are creating presets.

Notes

Disabled bands - When the filter type is set to 'off', peaking/shelf bands that are not amplified will not use CPU resources.

Need more bands? - You can stack more than one instance of Parametric EQ 2 in a Mixer track to gain more EQ channels - two instances provide 14 bands of Parametric EQ!

Plugin Credits

Code & GUI: Didier Dambrin.

Thanks to: Robert Bristow-Johnson for his EQ Cookbook.