Published 30/1/09
Phase-linear equaliser plug-in
Functions available to the FIREQ user include the same Match facility found on the earlier version of the plug-in, which can ‘listen’ to one audio source, and apply its sonic footprint to another. During tracking, this can be used to impose the sound of a reference recording of an acoustic guitar on results captured in the bedroom-studio environment, for example. When mastering, the match function can be used to ensure all the tracks on an album have the same sonic signature.
FIREQ works inside VST, Audio Units and RTAS host applications, and costs $249 (£173 at the time of writing) from the RN Digital web site. Registered owners of RN Digital’s Frequalizer plug-in can upgrade for free to the new plug-in. A cut-down ‘LE’ version of the plug-in is also available. This uses the same FIR filters, but only has 31 frequency bands, and doesn’t feature the Match or States functions. FIREQ LE costs $129 (around £90).
In other news, RN Digital have announced a new plug-in suite called the Initial Bundle. Costing $299 (£207), the bundle comprises the D1 compressor, the LE version of FIREQ, another EQ, the Uniquelizer LE, and Finis One, a loudness maximiser. Check out the RN Digital web site for further information.
RN Digital have launched a new product based on their 2006 Frequalizer EQ plug-in. FIREQ is has 62 frequency bands fixed at 1/6th-octave intervals, the gain of which can be cut or boosted by up to 27dB. As with Frequalizer, each band uses an incredibly accurate FIR (Finite Impulse Response) filter to process the audio within its set frequency bandwidth; the developers say that this gives the plug-in a “highly transparent sound”, because it doesn’t introduce phasing between bands.
Functions available to the FIREQ user include the same Match facility found on the earlier version of the plug-in, which can ‘listen’ to one audio source, and apply its sonic footprint to another. During tracking, this can be used to impose the sound of a reference recording of an acoustic guitar on results captured in the bedroom-studio environment, for example. When mastering, the match function can be used to ensure all the tracks on an album have the same sonic signature.
The States function stores EQ snapshots, and the Fill control morphs between different States, subtley changing the filter curve. Parameters can be automated in the host DAW software, so the user can set up imaginative, evolving EQ settings. Other features include a detailed frequency analyser and a history slider, which scans back through previously used EQ settings.
FIREQ works inside VST, Audio Units and RTAS host applications, and costs $249 (£173 at the time of writing) from the RN Digital web site. Registered owners of RN Digital’s Frequalizer plug-in can upgrade for free to the new plug-in. A cut-down ‘LE’ version of the plug-in is also available. This uses the same FIR filters, but only has 31 frequency bands, and doesn’t feature the Match or States functions. FIREQ LE costs $129 (around £90).
In other news, RN Digital have announced a new plug-in suite called the Initial Bundle. Costing $299 (£207), the bundle comprises the D1 compressor, the LE version of FIREQ, another EQ, the Uniquelizer LE, and Finis One, a loudness maximiser. Check out the RN Digital web site for further information.
