SupremeFist
Senior Member
Sweet trick I learned on YouTube somewhere: if you have Logic, you can transpose the bands of the Vintage Graphic EQ up an octave and add a little at 32khz.
By the way, do you young whippersnappers who are on my lawn really hear "air band" EQ?
I can hear 19K sines if they're turned up - although not all the freqs between 10K and 19K - but when I read about over 20K EQs, I can't help being skeptical.
The amount of power in those frequencies is very, very low , i.e. whatever's there is extremely quiet.
Caveat: my hearing is still very good, but humans do lose some HF over the years, presumably due to our cochlea becoming less elastic. So maybe that's why I don't hear it. But I don't think I'd have heard much when I was in my 30s either.
nobody telling you they hear it is actually hearing the 28k boost
its one of my favorite EQ, and i got it free a few years ago... also this plugin add some analog noise at 20hz. i wish it has option to turn off the noise, example like plugin allianceOh yes. Soundtoys Sie-Q is awesome for adding that top sheen sparkles. It's one of the best soundgoodizer that I have. Just add +2 on the high and boom, done.
PSP E27 lets you boost 28k and control the noise as you want. It’s my favorite analog style EQ plugin. Between it, Clariphonic, and some kind of “exciter” you’d be able to have sparkle for days.its one of my favorite EQ, and i got it free a few years ago... also this plugin add some analog noise at 20hz. i wish it has option to turn off the noise, example like plugin alliance
But that is a good question, whether the filter ringing is worse/strongest at the center frequency. Probably not, thinking about it, there's just less boost at the audible freqs.
Oh yes. Soundtoys Sie-Q is awesome for adding that top sheen sparkles. It's one of the best soundgoodizer that I have. Just add +2 on the high and boom, done.
+1PSP E27
How about Spectre with de-emphasis active?Every eq can do this. However, a very useful plugin that can do what no other plugin does is the Kush Clariphonic. Used sparingly, it can open up a muffled instrument or mix. It adds just a little clarity and sheen. Very easy to use too much of it though, at which point it will sound too bright and harsh. It's one of the few plugins that I use very often and don't know any viable alternative for.
Yes, kind of saturation on hi frequencies. It has nothing to do with any EQ I know of.This is quite a basic question, but what exactly does Kush Clariphonic do differently to other EQs? Does it have an exciter/saturation built into it? If not, what is it doing that a stock EQ can't? Not to sound skeptical or something, but I've heard so much praise about it while feeling like I still don't understand exactly what it does under the hood to achieve the results.
No, that's wrong information that's often spread.Yes, kind of saturation on hi frequencies. It has nothing to do with any EQ I know of.
It is a different beast. It sounds so good at first that you tend to overdo it until you learn to find the sweet spot.
Demo it if possible so you hear it yourself