What EQ pulgin do you use?

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I’d like to hear what your favorite EQ plugin is for mixing, and why. I’ve been using TC native EQ, but it has some quirks I can’t stand.
 
Anything that says UAD on it.

Cambridge, Pultec, even the EQ in the channel strip plug is pretty nice.

Sonalksis is pretty sweet too - Especially in the top-end.
 
I've been using that Paris EQ for a while now, myself, and it is nice.
 
UAD Cambridge for clean cuts
UAD Pultec for some added magic.
Occasionally the Ultrafunk EQ.
 
fenix said:
If you need 10 bands of eq, your tracking is seriously fucked up.
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Not necessarily. I use a lot of samples, for instance, that are sometimes already “seriously fucked up”. So I don’t have any control over the sound until the mix down stage anyway. But there are other uses too. I recorded a baseline the other day that sounded perfect all the way through, except for one note (which I only hit twice) that was supper resonant. Instead of scraping the take, and hoping to play it as well the next time around, I used TC Native EQ to drop the offending frequency a couple of decibels. Then again, I am new to this, so chances are my tracking is seriously fucked up ;)
 
From the plugs I've heard, I don't really like any of them very much. I'll agree with the rest that the best of the bunch is the Waves, but I kinda like the built in Samplitude EQ also. I really need to hear the UAD stuff methinks... Currently looking for some hardware EQ though.
 
Ok, so waves makes a Q10. They also make a Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. Why would some one use the Q1 instead of the Q10? I figure if you only need to boost or cut one frequency, just boost or cut it with the Q10. What I’m I missing?
 
nunyabusiness said:
Ok, so waves makes a Q10. They also make a Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. Why would some one use the Q1 instead of the Q10? I figure if you only need to boost or cut one frequency, just boost or cut it with the Q10. What I’m I missing?
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the Q10 takes up considerably more cpu usage than the Q1
 
I use Rennaisance. it is so easy to use and it sounds great. I heard Q series are not so great. And the others... are usually not so versatile and graphical. i am no professional, so i like to see visually what i am doing to a track. so if you are looking for something easy, then go with Rennaisance, sounds good, wicked easy! I am sure there are a lot better out there, but hey, some of us are too lazy to figure out how to use them.
 
I like Waves Ren and Q series. I wish the Q series gave you control over the slope of the roll-off freqs. though. I use the Ren eq a lot for this reason alone, although I would prefer the Q. It's odd to me that you can't adjust this.
 
The PSP is sweet but for most day to day work I use Sonic Timeworks' 8-band parametric EQ. I know for awhile it was bundled with the producer edition of Sonar. I bought mine back when I still used Cakewalk pro audio 9.0. It's got the most intuitive interface and features an RTA which can be very handy ... and it just plain sounds good.
 
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