What's your favourite EQ plugin and why? 🤔

@jackc8120

Жыл бұрын

kirchhoff eq - because they gave it to me for $50 just a couple of weeks ago.

@DanFatal_

Жыл бұрын

melda dynamic eq for the dynamic options, but most the time i use the stock cubase one or proq3. i really like dmg equilibrium , thats prob the best one ive tried , but its too expensive for me!

@larsthomasdenstad9082

Жыл бұрын

@@jackc8120 It is pretty good, tho. $50 is a steal.

@jackc8120

Жыл бұрын

@@larsthomasdenstad9082 just email them and they'll do it. They give it away for free to people who have less than 1K subscribers to promote it.

@RocknRollkat

Жыл бұрын

My ears are my favorite plugin.

Such an informative and well put together video - I think this is one of my favourite. So much work has gone into this - beautifully produced. Thank you.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the support! This is a new segment for me and I'd like to see if people enjoy it :)

This video is fantastic. I love the deep dive into ProQ. I'd happily watch a series of this type of stuff. Thanks

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! What other plugins would you like to see covered?

This was super helpful, thank you for this video!

Your content is consistently top notch, probably the best on YT at this point, but the production quality has gone through the roof recently. Just wow. The smooth transitions, the subtle animations, so professional. And it's so refreshing to see someone as talented use stock plugins to achieve such amazing results (fine, this video is actually about a 3rd party plugin, I know :) )

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel, David! I am glad you're still finding my videos useful and all this hard work is resonating with you and others!

@jamesrbrindle

Жыл бұрын

Will found a great editor to let him focus on the content 👍👍

You explain things in a very enjoyable manner and really thinking that on these side there is people learning. You are great teacher.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ramon!

Another great vid Will. Cheers, I've learnt a lot from you.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Stoked to hear that! Thanks as always for watching and supporting the channel! 🙂

Great video, Will. Very convincing. I love this EQ and the other Fab plugins.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ad! Yes, since making this I realised how much I like it, as I dug into a few features I haven’t used for ages

Bro you’re seriously the best on KZread I swear to god what you do for us, you’re videos and channel as a whole, is incredible. THANK YOU.

@EDMTips

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad you found my videos helpful so far!

@Itsyaboy88

4 ай бұрын

I wanna take your course, what would you say is different then the collection of all the knowledge you've already provided us with? does it go Into greater detail for mixing? @@EDMTips

Another great informative video ,my actual mixing and mastering skills have vastly improved due to the tips and advice from this guy ,cheers

@EDMTips

4 ай бұрын

Stoked to hear that, Jonathan, and I am glad you found my videos helpful so far!

I don’t know if this has been said, but if you click on it when it’s purple and hold the mouse there for a second it turns blue and holds it there for you so you can drag your nodes around without disappearing like it was for you in the video 👌🏻

thank you for your easy to follow, very info rich videos, hats off

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you're enjoying them! 🙌🏻

Great job of explaining the Q3, it can be very overwhelming at first because of there is so much to it but for me it has been my go to eq ,it just sounds that little bit better then eq8.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I agree

Would like to see more content like this. Great video as always man

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Any particular plug-in you’d like to see covered?

@craigbartlett3462

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Valhalla plug-ins such as shimmer, room and vintage etc and when to use them. Anything on Saturator plug-ins - sound toys decapitator or fab filter Saturn 👌

Was dubious when you said you were going to do plugin reviews but should have known better. Excellent job...looking forward to the next one!

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I put the effort in :)

I've just purchased this EQ. I can't wait to get home & use it.

@slowmysoul

Ай бұрын

At home now?

12:10 LMAO That came so unexpected! Love your channel!

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it! 😎

Great video Will, maybe also check out the (much cheaper, but impressive) ToneBoosters Equalizer 4. I think you could make a good video about that eq also and within the range of more people, who are on budget.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion, I will add this to my list :)

H I love your chanell!! It's helps a lot! .. it could be interesting to compare pro q 3 with Kirchhoff eq

Interesting video and great information

Good to see you Will! Wow how helpful, I was applying all the moves while watching your video on a track I am finishing up. I wanted to ask: Would it be correct that by utilizing the Compression/Expansion feature of the Dynamic EQ, it is an element in which gives your song life? ProQ3 just cemented itself as one of my favorites and most fun to use plugins. With purpose and simplicity, I added two Pro Q3’s on my Master. The first with two points on the song's fundamental note, G2 and G9, and expanded just a bit, less than +2. The second, with Linear Phase on Maximuuuum and some High end shelving at G7, +1.7 and adjusted Q to taste. Sounds great and it’s aaaalive-when A/Bing. Auto Gain is like a guardian angel. The advanced features were not a distraction as I had applied techniques from EDM Tips Academy ha! The song to me, seemed to come more to life, like a piece of my production which was missing. I knew I needed get a run through on the ProQ3 to better understand it and how to professionally use it and you nailed it Will! Thanks!

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome! I’m glad you’d found this tutorial so useful 😊

Brilliant stuff Will.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Anthony!

Excellent, very interesting and informative.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found it useful :)

Keep your mouse button pressed in the spectrum area during the freeze, either with analyzer freeze or with spectrum grab enabled, then it will stay in the frozen view.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for this! Can you quickly explain why the linear phase EQ is better on the master fader than the other options? That's the only part that wasn't clear to me. Great job!

one advanced video to go please! Hell Yeah!

Worth every penny, best EQ I've ever used. The comparison feature is the secret sauce.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

The A/B?

@SnakeBonesBeats

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips I mean the analyzer where it shows you potential freq conflicts/masking on any other channel you've got a ProQ-3 on. Love that feature!

I dug that you highlighted these psychological tendencies people have. That quote that Brian Eno has about only wanting like 12 great presents on a synth is even more relevant today.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Yep…too many options kills creativity

Great video will. I find this video to be very useful. im really considering getting the fabfilter plugs it will also speed up my workflow. Would u be doing more video like this if so a video on Plugin Boutique Scaler 2 please,

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Great, I am glad I could help! I will add this to my list :)

@Sheriffvlogs

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips thanks u very much I also join your 1 to 1 zoom meeting on Monday.

I already felt bad about buying the Izotope suite before seeing this (useless due to CPU consumption), but this blew my mind. I am permanently shelving Neutron and most of the Ozone plug ins.

The Q3 is excellent but I like twiddling too, like with the Elysia Alpha. When I do synthwave, getting the sounds right takes more effort than EQ and with orchestral pieces, it's really about the arrangement than anything else. Have a great weekend!

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and have a great weekend, too!

I've recently started using Kirchhoff EQ and I love it ... But Pro q 3 is still one of my favourites

@OdaneGibson

Жыл бұрын

Best Digital EQ out right now 💯

Love the track. Is there a video you making the track.

I constantly switch between stock FL EQ and the Pro-Q³ But tbf, for a long time it also had to do with the CPU myth.

@AutPen38

Жыл бұрын

I think Fabfilter employ actual wizards as coders. A lot of the FF plugins have more features than their rivals' but somehow they have a lower CPU footprint. Presumably the code for some other plugins is bloated. (I think the stock plugs in FLS are pretty low in CPU use, but other third-party plugs use twice as much CPU but produce results only about half as good!)

Legend, next question?

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

😆 Well, which plug-in next?

I like the fabfilter because you can choose linear phase and this is really important

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a useful feature for sure!

The comparison between FF and Abletons EQ8: Did you have the EQ8 in oversampling mode?

your are the best Bro 😊

@EDMTips

10 ай бұрын

Appreciate it! 🙌🙏

Haaaahaaa Awesome I love your after break breakdown. Great video mate, Thank you

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙂

Definitely want the advance term video

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Ok, cool!

The question I can't get answered is how or why can we not assigned different sidechains to different dynamic EQ points? We can select multiple sidechains from our inputs so imo instead of the sidechain button in ProQ being a toggle it should ask you which sidechain do you want it to listen to. I'm pretty sure the stock EQ in Cbase13 can do this.

Hi ! What other fabfilter plug do you actualy recommend ?

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Check out my latest Black Friday vid :)

Legend

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

👌

Hi Will, what are the 2 tunes you are using on this video..?? Thanks.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

One is what I created in this video: How to Make Piano House (Like MK) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6x5ktmmkbfAhaw.html The other is MK - 17

@rikgreen520

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, I shall be checking out both of those, as I think they'll both help me as reference tracks, with what I'm working on. 👍

i know i have a problem with overlapping eq and im trying to simplify my workflow and not waste my time learning a bunch of plugins.

For ages I was convinced all EQ's were basically the same except for little extras like the spectrum analyzer f.e., so I always used the stock eq. Now that I realize how wrong I was and how harsh those sound compared to high quality ones, I really want something better, but pro-q3's price is just really to steep for me. Are there any alternatives that could function as better sounding workhorse EQ, but a little less pricey?

@LuLeBe

8 ай бұрын

Are you sure you can hear a difference in how "harsh" they sound? I don't think any DAW ships with a crap default EQ. Of course there are other EQs but the Ozone or Kirchhoff EQ aren't really cheaper. Yes, you don't get that Linear phase stuff or the super steep filters (which you rarely need) but for general EQing, I don't think you can find a difference in a blind test. Maybe the default values for Q factor etc are different, that's why one sounds "harsh" to you?

@brokko_le3

8 ай бұрын

@@LuLeBe No, you're probably right. I remember having seen another video comparing fabfilter with a stock EQ (I think reaper's). The problem was that it didn't handle nyquist very well and cramp at highest frequencies. I tested the stock EQ of Renoise against some praised eq emulation (I believe lufikus, not sure) and I noticed I couldn't get the same result with the stock one no matter what I did. I forgot however that the emulation also introduces saturation and therefor a different, fuller sound. Anyway, I'm sure not all stock EQ's are the same anyway. Ableton's f.e. probably won't even have that nyquist or phasing issue at higher frequencies.

Oh ok, so if I understood correctly, it is better to do your EQ in the synth itself, rather than adding it after the fact, right?

I had to watch this video 5 times. Kept researching that boom mic setup! It's killer! So, uhm, what's this vid about??? ;) Also, in the software world we pronounce it...GUI == Gooey! I love will's and other producers videos, but damn if my ears don't slam shut like a gate with G. U. I. as the sidechain! LOL

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

😂

6:40 pro-q uses different values for the Q setting than most other eqs, 0.71 Q on most eqs is 1.0 in pro-q, so your high shelf example was a bit wrong

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Ah, ok - I didn’t know that! Thanks :)

21:50 I don't know if I understand the graph correctly, are you saying that you loaded 2430 units of fab filter and hit the play button?, do you have an alien PC?, Who even needs 100 equalizers in a project?

I'll open by saying, I own both Ozone 10 Advanced and FabFilter Q3.; and honestly if I had to recommend one over the other, hands down I would recommend Ozone 10 Advanced. Literally ALL of the features Will showed off in Q3 are included in Ozone 10 Advanced. Unlike Q3, Ozone 10 Advanced will not only show you potential issues with your mix, but it can also correct your mix if you choose to let it, with a step history you can jump back through in case you don't like its results. It will match a reference track's EQ curve and gain, automate dynamically the un-masking of clashing channels, handle side chain EQ'ing, and that's just the dynamic EQ from Ozone 10 Advanced. I'm not knocking Q3 but for just a little bit more in price with Ozone 10 Advanced; you just get way more tools to work with.

@Xbot4Life

Жыл бұрын

Q3 $190, ozone $499 ($299 current sale) big price difference

@skum73

7 ай бұрын

I'm glad I saw this comment. I have Native Instruments Komplete which comes with isotope 10 standard. For $183 I can upgrade to isotope 11 advanced. That's basically the same price as me buying this eq, which I was going to do. Thanks.

@graspingsenna6861

4 ай бұрын

don't confuse mastering tools with mixing tools.

I'm curious how ProQ compares to the EQ in Neutron.

I love your videos, but I feel the comparison is unfair. You have the EQ8 and the FabFilter at different stages in the chain, of course they will sound different. You have a glue compressor between the two and another plugin

@EDMTips

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback! 🙌🏻

Is this going to ne a new series by any chance, as I would really value your input on useful plugins

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Maybe! Depends on how people respond. What plugins are you looking for reviews on?

@ThePerceptionist

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Shaper Box 3, Infinity, SoundToys Effect Rack come to mind :)

Hi Everyone. So frustration watching vids on like 5 steps to a better master, and they pull up a $900 plugin..lol I am not referring to this video :) just others out there..TAKE A LOOK at TDR NOVA !! its a dynamic eq that works very well like this, and there are many ytube vids on it.

Love from UAE

@EDMTips

5 ай бұрын

Love back!❤️

This is all well and good but what are the exact frequency numbers I need to boost or dip my lows, mids and highs that work on every single possible genre of track with every instrument/synth without me ever having to do any work? 🤣😂

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

1, 23.5, 800 and 1000000!

For Reaper users, there's a free EQ plugin called ReEQ (not ReaEQ) and it looks 60% similar to ProQ-3. It gives you a lot features present in ProQ-3, besides dynamic and analyzing features. But hey, it's free and it super easy to use, low CPU usage and sounds great.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Great tip! Love it👌🏻

@omramoryth

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Ohh, and it's worth to mention that it doesn't cramp near the nyquist, it handles it pretty gracefully. Just to put that put there before people cash out 100+ dollars 😄

@DieTabbi

Жыл бұрын

I saw few minutes ago viedos where ReEQ is very CPU heavy. I am searching a good free EQ for my voice over and podcasts.

@nunnukanunnukalailailai1767

Жыл бұрын

@@DieTabbi have you tried the tokyodawn nova eq?

@partlysimpson5154

Жыл бұрын

ohh no..

My go to EQ for subtractive moves.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Nice choice! 🙂

Wonder how the Softube Weiss EQ MP compares 🤔🤔??

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

I’ll have to try it out!

The Kichoff is supposedly better, I personally can't judge that because I've never used the Pro Q3, but I know many who have switched to the Kirchhoff and everyone says that this is the best EQ. I personally use the Softube Weiss EQ MP or the Logic Standart EQ for individual tracks and the Weiss EQ1 for the buses whenever frequency processing is involved. Otherwise, I love my Elysia XFilter (API 500 format) for that certain something. For mono signals such as kick or bass, the Klark Tekknik (Pultec hardware clone) is always a dream equalizer. I also have the Universal Audio plugin but I think the hardware is better.

@EDMTips

10 ай бұрын

Yes, I've heard good things about the Kirchoff and I am tempted to try it out :) Perhaps, in another video! Thanks for sharing the info, really appreciate it!

The software you shall not name, is it Reason by any chance. :) did also switch because on my 4k monitor, It was a pain, had to use the magnifying glass in windows sometimes. 😂

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

I cannot possibly say 🫠

12:23 matching

ooo ✌🙏😊

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

BOOM! 🙌🙌 😎

I use it on everything except vocals. That's the only thing because it sounds too clean. Also, it's brilliant in m/s mode.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! 🙌🏻

I favour Slate Digital’s Infinity EQ and Metric A/B - i think fabfilter is great but I think it gets a lot of gear snobbery because of its price. A lot of gatekeeping and plugin envy goes on like “oh you can’t be serious if you haven’t got fabfilter”. If they did a decent offer for the three or a subscription model I might consider FF as the limier is really good compared to Live’s stock one.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

I agree re: their Limiter!

@didiermeynders

Жыл бұрын

They do offer 25% discount a couple of times a year. Also, the more plugins you own of Fabfilter, the more discount you receive.

@gggz420

Жыл бұрын

bro are you feeling okay? the fab filter plugins are cheap af lol

No, the UA Pultec EQP-1a is the best, strictly talking sound not tech but this is a solid 2nd imho.

Do English people not say "gooey" for GUI ? Just wondering :)

@EDMTips

3 ай бұрын

I do a bit now, after an American student pointed it out!

@jtengerland

3 ай бұрын

ah!

Hahaha. I’m going to go get some glitter..

@EDMTips

4 ай бұрын

Haha, good choice!

i figure if my music is good enuf to purchase expensive plug ins or add ons, then someone else will probably mix and master it for their label or whatever. my hearing isn't good enuf to be an engineer with 5k compressors in a rack, i wish it was.

@isaacanthonydj4124

Жыл бұрын

or I will pay an engineer to run it thru their mastering chain if i think it's good enuf track, and get their opinion on my mix, before someone else masters it for me.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Some people do exactly that and I don't blame them!

I'm not sure which one I like, but I hate EQ3 the most.

There's no doubt that Pro Q3 is a fantastic EQ but so are many other offerings, which are much less expensive. Imo the money is better spent elsewhere for most musicians that don't earn enough money to make a living of the craft. As for it sounding better, I call B.S. It won't sound better than any half-decent made EQ.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Which would be your recommendation for a lower budget?

@gggz420

Жыл бұрын

it’s under $200 canadian like what are you guys on about. it’s not expensive at all😂

The only question is will it be discounted for Black Friday sale 😂

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

I hope to find out very soon :)

I hate industry standard EQ , I love Kirchhoff-EQ

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Going to look into it, thanks!

A little late on this video with the Kirchoff EQ now existing.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

I've heard really good stuff about it! Is it that good?

@audiostuff9065

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Oh yah, it literally makes Pro-Q 3 look stupid. Definitely look into it, once you get beyond the complicated Dynamic section it just becomes a better version of the pro q. And you can tell that was their focus.

GUI pronounced GEE-YOU-EYE is funny....here in the States we pronounce it GOO-EE

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

A rose by any other name 😉

21:00 I'd call this the con of Ableton! It's with all plugins in Ableton that aren't native to Albleton! And honestly, that's why I don't like Live! If you, like me, don't use Ableton, it's no con for Pro-Q3!

After watching this seemingly COMPLICATED stuff, I think I will just make DEMOS, and pass them on to other people

KIRCHOFF IS SO MUCH BETTER

It just for unprofessional KZread users .. ways to hide their best Equalizer they use on there main project and play safe by USING fabfilter since the whole world is using it... at my level in audio I cant put fabfilter Q3 on my audio because I am an advance professional

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

What does everyone else think about this opinion? Is T speaking the truth, or do you disagree?

@graspingsenna6861

4 ай бұрын

​​@@EDMTipsi disagree totally. we are at a point that sounding professional isn t anymore sounding professional. nowadays sounding professional means sounding for the fashion. many times my hip hop beats sounded better (in live sessions) than others , my beats always sounded better than the others. the others had beats with a professional mastering , my beat followed my own precise production chain with audacity at the end for limiting compressing and adjusting the digital volume value to prevent the human phonic screwing it when at the live session mixer. I can swear it worked. and sorry for my bad english.

The cpu usage is pretty shocking.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

For which plugin?

@AutPen38

Жыл бұрын

Shockingly low, yes. I did comparisons of Fabfilter Vs several other EQs and couldn't understand how/why ProQ managed to do so much more (e.g. realtime spectral analysis, dynamic EQ) and yet used less CPU power. FabFilter coders must really know their stuff, while other plugins must use some inefficient code for crunching the numbers.

@maxprizm

Жыл бұрын

@@EDMTips Yeah, shockingly low for the EQ3. I always avoided using it a lot thinking it would chew through cpu more than others.

There is a better eq

Your sound sounds not good.

@EDMTips

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback!

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