EQ matching software?

[dickiefunk]

Hi. I'm looking to buy an EQ matching software and am interested in FreEq Boy. There is also another made by Voxengo called Curve EQ.

The price varies a fair bit between these VSTs :-

FreEq Boy $29.95 http://www.elevayta.net/product3.htm
Curve EQ $89.95 http://www.voxengo.com/product/curveeq/

There is also Spector which is being developed at the moment which looks interesting.

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=200544

I don't really need loads of features just simple pro quality EQ matching.
Will FreEq be good enough for this?

Thanks

 

[Massive Master]

I don't really need loads of features just simple pro quality EQ matching.

"Pro quality EQ matching" would be one helluva feature in itself.

I have yet to hear *any* EQ "matching" software worth a hoot. Certainly nothing better than using your ears.

 

[dickiefunk]

"Pro quality EQ matching" would be one helluva feature in itself.

I have yet to hear *any* EQ "matching" software worth a hoot. Certainly nothing better than using your ears.

Hi Massive Master. Which software have you tried?

 

[Massive Master]

So many that I can't remember any of them. FreeFilter, Har-Bal, one from Vox, even the ones where you'd expect some measure of success like the ones built-in to the later versions of Samp / Seq - Several others.

None of them even remotely effective when put up against the ears.

You could try the search function - This comes up every now and then. Usually with the same results. They don't work. Barely on "cheat" files (a file purposefully altered just for the test vs. the unaltered file) much less anything else.

 

[SonicAlbert]

Roger Nichols "Frequa-lizer" will do that. It learns the eq curve of any audio you send it, and then duplicates it.

 

[dickiefunk]

Roger Nichols "Frequa-lizer" will do that. It learns the eq curve of any audio you send it, and then duplicates it.

Unfortunately this costs $249. I can only manage $100 tops. I'd prefer to keep the price as low as possible because I want to get another mic, and VSTi's.

 

[Massive Master]

Roger Nichols "Frequa-lizer" will do that. It learns the eq curve of any audio you send it, and then duplicates it.

Used that too - Didn't work very well. At least, not nearly as well as a few seconds of listening.

 

[BushmasterM4]

Ive read a little on Har-Bal. That may fit the bill. Ozone has that feature I believe.

 

[danny.guitar]

I used the one in Ozone and for certain things it actually worked really well. It won't make your mix sound like a professional one. And remember certain things matter, like what key the song is in. I used it on a single acoustic track up against a single acoustic track in the same key/similar kind of playing, that was recorded professionally and some of the professional qualities transferred to mine, but it still did not sound like the same thing.

I wouldn't pay for the whole Ozone plugin just for the matching EQ feature.

With that said, I could have achieved the same thing and maybe better if my ears were as good then as they are now (and they're still not great).