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You can create almost any EQ curve from vintage and harware EQs on your DAWs standard EQ - so does that make expensive emulations a rip-off or is there more to it?
Here I try to replicate some of the curves produced on software EQs and my hardware Elysia Xfilter. All are a lot more expensive option than using the stock channel EQ in your DAW - so why would anyone go for the more expensive option?
Well.. there's more to it than the curves, there's harmonic distortion caused by hardware components, as well as phase shifting. So I take a look at both of these as well.. can you hear a difference? Does it really matter? Or are the settings and parameter interactions from the emulations a shorthand for getting musical curves?
Lots of questions..
Essentially, why on earth would anyone buy a third party EQ? Let's find out :)
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0:00 whats this all about - a look at a Pultec EQ
5:10 Logic EQ vs Elysia Hardware
8:00 What can a DAW's EQ do?
9:36 Some Software options
12:04 Audio Tests
13:06 Phase Cancelling
13:54 How Phase works with EQ
15:23 Emulations vs DAW .. for and against
17:00 Phase
19:57 Harmonic Distortion
23:20 So..are they a rip-off?