03-08-2018, 06:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2018, 11:25 PM by TheNeverScene.)
Yeah, sounds much better. My ear leans more towards v4a, but the toms are still misfiring or something around 1:09ish.
As for Pro-Q 2, you're probably well covered there. It's amazing. I have the DMMF eq's which I love, but was looking for a more all-in-one unit, so I demo'd Pro-Q 2, DMG Equilibrium and a less expensive one called CraveEQ (which is actually pretty amazing imo). Of the 3, Equilibrium was a monster. Using various curves from various hardware models at the same time made quick work of things (using pultec curves for the lows and things like GML curves for the highs, etc). Pro-Q was also great and more intuitive I think, but Crave was right there with it less some of the bells and whistles like eq match (would probably never use) and spectrum grab (would probably always use lol). I liked Crave's spectrum analyzer the most out of the three.
Back on track!! ha As for ReaFir....I just kept going back to it during the testing. It seems like the slightest nudge hits things nice and hard and I'm used to it's less than glamorous flow. If I hear something I don't like, I'll just smack it down with ReaFir. It has different modes, so it can also be dynamic as well as a fantastic noise reduction unit (in subtractive mode).
All in all, ReaFir just helped me hold off on the others for now. I'm keeping an eye on Crave, though. If it implements something like spectrum grab in the future I'll be all over it at 70 dollars.
One thing I noticed is that some eq's handle transients better than others. I didn't even think that could be a thing
I felt Pro-Q seemed to take the most snap out of them. Completely subtle and only noticeable when a-b-c-d'ing things, but something happening there. May have just been my ears playing tricks.
As for Pro-Q 2, you're probably well covered there. It's amazing. I have the DMMF eq's which I love, but was looking for a more all-in-one unit, so I demo'd Pro-Q 2, DMG Equilibrium and a less expensive one called CraveEQ (which is actually pretty amazing imo). Of the 3, Equilibrium was a monster. Using various curves from various hardware models at the same time made quick work of things (using pultec curves for the lows and things like GML curves for the highs, etc). Pro-Q was also great and more intuitive I think, but Crave was right there with it less some of the bells and whistles like eq match (would probably never use) and spectrum grab (would probably always use lol). I liked Crave's spectrum analyzer the most out of the three.
Back on track!! ha As for ReaFir....I just kept going back to it during the testing. It seems like the slightest nudge hits things nice and hard and I'm used to it's less than glamorous flow. If I hear something I don't like, I'll just smack it down with ReaFir. It has different modes, so it can also be dynamic as well as a fantastic noise reduction unit (in subtractive mode).
All in all, ReaFir just helped me hold off on the others for now. I'm keeping an eye on Crave, though. If it implements something like spectrum grab in the future I'll be all over it at 70 dollars.
One thing I noticed is that some eq's handle transients better than others. I didn't even think that could be a thing
I felt Pro-Q seemed to take the most snap out of them. Completely subtle and only noticeable when a-b-c-d'ing things, but something happening there. May have just been my ears playing tricks.