With every function in the ‘right’ place, little slows you down.”įabFilter Pro Q 3 also includes a dynamic EQ function, allowing you to not only statically manipulate the audio spectrum, but also adjust it depending on the input signal. This works brilliantly in practice, making the tedious job of finding and reducing those nasty resonances a cinch. All you then have to do is grab a highlighted peak and reduce it with a filter. When selected, it averages the frequency spectrum over a few seconds and labels precise peaks. To help in those situations, FabFilter Pro Q 3 has a function I have not seen in any other EQ plugin, called Spectrum Grab. Sometimes I found it tricky to identify unwanted resonances in the spectrum, despite like many using a narrowly boosted bell-curved band to find those. Gain extends from -30 dB to +30 dB, and the Q factor stretches from extremely wide 0.025 (about 20kHz) to an ultra-narrow 40 (about 100 Hz wide). Even a brick wall slope is included, offering a near infinite slope. The filter slope (how drastic the filter acts from the centre frequency) can be changed between 6 dB/octave and 96 dB/octave, for every filter. Diving a Bit Deeperįor more precise editing, the lower half reveals a control panel that includes the expected options of filter shape, slope, frequency, and gain.įilter shapes in FabFilter Pro Q 3 include: You can even perform more complicated functions, such as dynamic cuts or boosts using the ALT key with the mouse wheel, or mute a band ALT clicking on a band. Using a combination of the mouse wheel and keyboard modifiers, changing the gain, Q factor, of frequency is done in seconds. Hovering over a band shows a mini display with frequency, gain and Q factor. What I loved is how you can change basic settings cleverly with the mouse. The mini display makes editing bands quick and easyĬhanging each band's settings is as quick and intuitive as creating them in the first place. But on the whole, creating bands is a breeze. I would have preferred different defaults, as I chose high and low cut filters far more often than shelf EQs, or to have an option for changing the default. When creating new bands, the plugin is intelligent enough to choose a low shelf EQ when creating a band below 30 Hz, a high shelf above 10kHz, and a bell EQ in between (using a default setting of 12 dB/octave, and 0.3 Q for the shelf or 1.0 Q for bell EQ bands). But the double click functionality in FabFilter Pro Q 3 is welcome. Now I am used to Apple Logic Pro X EQ, which also allows dragging each band. Its frequency and gain are set relative to where you just double-clicked. The quickest way I found is double-clicking above or below the 0 dB line to create a new band instantly. A coloured dot represents each new band, with FabFilter assigning a new colour automatically for each band. With such a clean interface, how do you actually use the EQ? One easy way is to click on the EQ curve and drag the band up to boost the gain, or down to reduce it. So whether you want to manipulate subsonic whale recordings or ultrasonic bat noises, FabFilter Pro Q 3 is probably going to work for you.įabFilter Pro Q3 opens up with a clean interface, flat EQ curve and the spectrum By default, the frequency spectrum extends from 10 Hz up to 30 kHz, with an amplitude of +/- 12 dB.
Instead, you simply see a flat EQ curve, fashioned in “FabFilter Pro Q 3 Yellow”, and the grey realtime analyzer showing the incoming signal. When you first open the plugin, you look at a clean, dark interface FabFilter is known for across its plugin range, dominated by the frequency spectrum. No internet is required either, so you can use FabFilter Pro Q 3 offline. You simply enter the licence key (which you receive via email after your purchase), enter the text string in the plugin window, and restart it. But FabFilter makes this straightforward and user-friendly. Let’s start at the beginning and talk about the installation.
Given that EQs in Logic Pro X, FL Studio, Ableton Live and other DAWs are powerful and free, is it worth spending extra for a paid equalizer plugin? Starting Flat Out They don’t make your sound, but they shape your sound. Equalizers are essential utilities for any recording musician.
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