Shy Audio’s first two releases focused on the past, delivering recreations of the budget mixers that were common in the home-studio setups of the 1990s. Their latest offering is decidedly less crunchy-sounding, though, and shifts the focus from purposeful ‘character’ to uncompromising audio quality.
EQT-1M is a precision EQ plug-in aimed at mix-bus processing and mastering duties, and the company say it has been designed to prioritise accuracy, stability and mix translation. It features a four-band design that supports linked and unlinked stereo as well as Mid-Side operation, and helpfully, it’s possible to set that operation on a per-band basis rather than globally. Each band can be set to shelf or bell filter modes, and offer a selection of centre frequencies along with ±10dB of gain. Its centre section includes low- and high-pass filters that can also be set to function in left/right or Mid-Side modes, along with ±10dB level controls for each channel.
Key Features
- Simultaneous stereo-linked, Mid-Side, and unlinked left/right processing.
- Fully automatable across all domains.
- Internal 64-bit floating-point filter processing.
- Pure 64-bit float signal path in supported hosts (WaveLab, Cubase, Reaper).
- Bit-transparent at unity gain.
- Up to 8x oversampling with real-time Minimum Phase and Linear Phase oversampling filter modes.
- Cramp-free EQ curves with adaptive proportional behaviour.
- Extended frequency range up to 40 kHz via 2× switch.
- Precision minimum-phase high- and low-pass filters.
- Clickable EQT–1M logo activates subtle op-amp-inspired output colouration.
- Zero latency when oversampling is disabled.
- A/B comparison function for fast decision making.
- Adjustable GUI zoom: 75, 100, 125, 150 and 175 %.
Compatibility
EQT-1M is supported on PCs running Windows 10 or above, and Macs running macOS 10.13 and later. VST3, AU and AAX plug-in versions are available.
Pricing & Availability
EQT-1M is available now, priced at €39. a free trial version is available.
