Free Eq Vst With Presets
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Drawing on 50 years of EQ heritage, EQuilibrium is a custom-designed power tool for audio professionals.
User-adaptable design, a cutting edge feature set, built for tackling critical mix/mastering tasks.
This sets a new standard in EQ. See for yourself, download the demo.
This could well be the greatest EQ ever made - it's certainly the most versatile and it's definitely revolutionary. Utterly essential. 10/10.
Equilibrium leaves all other EQ plug-ins in the dust
This is an incredible equalizer. There is no loss of transparency in the Equilibrium LP compared with MP, none whatsoever that I can hear. Equilibrium has changed all my assumptions about the sound of LP equalizers.
Bob Katz
Equilibrium is easily the most forward thinking and most important addition to my toolbox to date. Unparalleled flexibility, versatility and sonics make this a must have for everyone serious about the art of making records.
S. Husky Höskulds
Overview
- Massively flexible EQ suitable for all critical professional applications
- Audio Engine can be incredibly low CPU usage, or incredibly high for mastering applications
- EQ features pristine digital curves, plus circuit models of vintage EQs, and engineering filters
- Completely reconfigurable UI with set-up wizard to suit to your specific workflow
- Extensive routing, grouping, channel and metering control
- Extensive analyser functionality, including 1/3 octave, 1/12 octave, spectrograph
- Even in lowest CPU mode, generates super-high-quality prototypes - clear undistorted top-end
- In FIR mode, Linear, Analogue, Minimum, Zero-Latency Analogue or even Free phase control
- 32 bands of EQ, Q 0.1 -> 50, +/-36dB range
- Each band can be Peak, HPF, LPF, High Shelf, Low Shelf or Notch
- In stereo, each bank can process Mid, Side or the full stereo image
- Surround support for channels groupings in DTS
- Fully parametric filters (high and low-pass), 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48db/oct
- Windows VST, VST3 and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
- Mac VST, VST3, AU and AAX as 32+64bit, RTAS 32bit
Sound
- Circuit models of vintage EQs from history, model numbers including: 4000, 3 (4 modes), 110, 550, 88, 32, 250
- Filters include: Coincident, Butterworth, Chebyshev, Bessel, Critical, Legendre, Elliptic, Allpass types
- First-order, second-order, vintage, and tilt shelves
- Classic DMG Bells and notches, with a +/-36dB range, and a Q range from 0.1 to 50
- Classic DMG Shelves which let you move the resonance above or below the curve
- Classic DMG Filters at 6/12/18/24/30/36/42/48 db/octave, sweepable resonance
- M/S processing mode, allows you to process Mid, Side or the Stereo image
- L/R processing mode, for independent Left and Right EQ
- Surround sound support upto 7.1 DTS, with channel grouping matrix, and per-pair M/S processing
- Per-band phase control, plus quick access to Linear, Analogue and Minimum phase modes
- Extensive Impulse Response design controls, including a selection of parametric windows, length and padding
Vision
- Flexible, modular, configurable UI
- Big, clear, antialiased graph
- Hi-res Spectrum analyser with multiple modes
- Range, to scale the EQ response, both +ve and -ve
- Frequency shift, to allow you to retune the response
- Configurable multi-channel metering, supporting K-metering and variable ballistics
- 8 banks of A/B
- Full preset management system
- Undo/redo
- Autolisten mode, for quick finding/adjustment of frequencies
- Clip LED
Windows System Requirements
- Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
- 32bit or 64bit
- ProTools 7 or newer. (RTAS and AAX Native)
- A host that supports VST or VST3, such as:
- Steinberg Cubase
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Steinberg Wavelab
- Sony ACID Pro
- Ableton Live
- Cockos Reaper
- Magix Sequoia
- Magix Samplitude
- AudioMulch
Mac OS System Requirements
- OS X 10.7 or newer, including Catalina (10.15)
- Intel Mac
- ProTools 7 or newer. (RTAS and AAX Native)
- A host that supports VST, AU or VST3, such as:
- Apple Logic (32bit or 64bit)
- Apple Garageband
- Steinberg Cubase
- Steinberg Nuendo
- Ableton Live
Specifically not supported (might work, but I can't test/support these platforms): Windows 95/98/XP, OS X 10.0,10.1,10.2,10.3,10.4,10.5,10.6
1.60 -> 1.61
- Fix potential crash when using different plugin formats in the same project.
- Fix graph zoom not getting recalled in Reaper.
- Fix VST2 crash in Wavelab
1.59 -> 1.60
- Graph zoom correctly restored on closing and reopening the plugin UI.
- Fix for hanging on resume with Cubase/Nuendo ASIO guard active.
- Fix potential crash on instantiating mono VST3 with out of range analyser sources.
- Fix for band frequencies sometimes loading incorrectly until UI is opened when Extended Freqs enabled.
- Fix for no end edit call after switching processing mode (was breaking plugin bypass in Studio One).
- Improved undo of mouse wheel action.
- Fix font rendering on non-retina displays.
1.58 -> 1.59
- Improved HiDPI support
- Fix HiDPI fullscreen
- Support VST2 getEffectName for some rare hosts
- Fix playback of stale audio when leaving soft bypass in FIR mode
- Fix rare UI-doesn't-redraw-correctly bug with buggy graphics card drivers on Windows
1.57 -> 1.58
- Fix AU validation in old not-really-supported versions of Logic
- Reaper key entry improvements
- HiDPI support in Cubase and Studio One on Windows
- Improvements with discrete parameters drag/mousewheel
- Fix crash in EQuilibrium padded zero latency analogue mode
- Fix obscure bandstrips don't update issue in EQuilibrium
- Background compute thread tweaks
- Fix sync of bypass states
- Autogain stored with AB banks
- Keep band strip order stable when sorting
- Fix for recalculation issues with long IRs
- Fix disappearing meters
1.56 -> 1.57
- Improved zero-latency analogue mode with more accurate Freq response at high frequencies (older presets will not be affected)
- Move IR calculation into separate thread for smooth UI interaction with CPU-intensive DSP settings
- Fix frequencies recalling incorrectly when Extended Frequencies off
- Fix nodes jumping when dragging on keyboard
- Fix Q/Gain->Q/Shift values going out of sync when editing multiple selected bands
- Type 1 tooltip fixes
- Fix for control not losing focus after resetting parameter to default
- Fix autolisten of deleted band after deleting from bandstrip
- Ensure impulse response graph is refreshed when changing DSP settings
- Fix labelling of lowest frequency when deep zoomed
- Fix crash when setup window open in more than one instance
- Fix for frequency value being stored incorrectly if extended frequencies on and sample rate changed after creating band
- Fix crash when inserting on a mono clip in Wavelab
- Fix for bandstrip sometimes not appearing after double-clicking on graph to create a band
- Grouped undo when editing parameters for multiple selected bands
- Fix crash if default analyser feed set to invalid channel number
- Fix for bandstrip not showing after undoing delete band
- Fix full screen and window resizing issues in Reaper
- Fix bug with butterworth peak at low frequencies
- Pro Tools EQ curve now works
- Fix pop when exiting autolisten if in parallel mode
- Fix for not being able to edit phase of right/side bands in free phase mode
- Fix gain compensation issue with filters in digital+ mode
- Added global preference to disable VST gestures, for the case where begin/end edit calls to host are processed slowly
- Mac build now requires 10.7 or later
- Improve menu position when opening a menu would cause it to appear offscreen
- AAX Mac window focus improved
- Fix potential crash when file saving fails
- Fix potential crash when closing UI
- Fix crash with text entry on touchbar MacBook Pro
- Prevent Cubase/Nuendo right-click menu from appearing when right-clicking on a clutter bar button that accepts right-clicks
- Installer searches for existing VST plugins folder for 64-bit plugins on Windows if run for first time
- Correctly sign Windows installers with Codesigning cert
- Improve text and layout for Windows installers
- Improve install descriptions and logo for Mac installers
1.55 -> 1.56
- OpenGL improvements
- Reduce graphics overheads
- Improve text editing, tab and backtab commit entered value and select next/prev, esc cancels text editing
- Improve VST3 automation
- Import AU,AAX,VST3 tracknames
- Improve mousewheel handling on windows
- Improve keyboard handling,
- Improve automation resolution in Logic X
- Fix bug where Digital+Phase mode could cause channel misalignment
- Misc crash fixes (reaper multichannel, changing band type, creating/deleting bands, auto-sorted frequency)
- Parallel bands no longer pop when bypassed
- Fixes and improvements to preset/bank load/save
- Presets can now be reloaded correctly from the factory root folder
- Autolisten with fixed gain locks gain whilst adjusting
- Extra autolisten Q values of 6 and 3.
- New autolisten enable 'toggle' mode, (ctrl dbl)+click to engage and disengage (note: for graph nodes, mouse must be moved when engaging if 'Right-Click' set to 'Invert' or 'Bypass')
- Various other autolisten fixes and improvements
- Support Avid AAX EQ curve
- Fix for 'extended frequency range' causing incorrect frequency reload in Cubase
- Alt-click 'Autogain' to disengange and apply autogain to the channel faders
- Update pagetables for Avid S6
- Fix where AB onscreen would not reflect current AB bank
- Ctrl-click defaults to inverting selected band bypasses
- Improved support for different surround formats for AU and VST3
- Improvements to fullscreen behaviour (esc to close window. Passthrough of all other keys to host)
- Can bypass and delete nodes from keyboard view with (ctrl dbl)+click (bypass) and alt+(ctrl dbl)+click (delete)
- Improve scaling of gains when dragging multiple bands
- Fix bug with 'On Create' sorting being too enthusiastic
- Fixes for redo behaviour
- Fix crash when loading plugin in bypassed state
1.54 -> 1.55
- Fix bug with ZL Analogue Phase mode + independent MS band shifting stereo image
- Fix pops when engaging/disengaging autolistening with Parallel mode active
- Fix 32bit Carbon UIs on OSX
- Fix bug with reinstatement of deleted bands when selected and bypassing a band.
- Fix bug with control-lock for deleted bands.
1.53 -> 1.54
- Fix crash with Cocoa UI closure.
- Fix crash whilst dragging free-resize UI.
- Fix UI size in hosts that were showing cut-off sections.
- Improve Fullscreen on mac.
- Fix crash with long buffer render DSP settings.
1.52 -> 1.53
- Rework Windows FullScreen.
- Fix invisible GUI bug.
- Fix bug with Preset menu.
- Default OpenGL to Off.
- Fix 'white squares instead of knobs' bug.
- Improve latency reporting for offline VST3 rendering.
- Improve Surround support in Reaper.
1.51 -> 1.52
- Update AU validation.
- Allow all AUs to use Cocoa UIs on 32bit mac.
- Improve speed of session recall for AUs.
- Fix mousewheel on 2nd screens.
- Compensate latency with soft bypass for long IRs.
- Clear 'Save As Default' button after click.
- Support text entry for multiple linked bands.
- Reduce Q for autolistening filters.
- Enable OpenGL.
- Allow disabling of OpenGL via pref - requires session reload.
- Fix bug with fullscreen in Reaper.
- Fullscreen opens on current screen.
1.50 -> 1.51
- Fix bug with AAX automation whereby discrete parameters could jump.
- Fix bug with mousewheel on windows to left of main screen on windows.
- Improve determinism of automation when rendering.
- Improve handling of OS load dialog for presets.
- Improvements for latency reporting both realtime and offline.
- Space no longer closes fullscreen. Use escape.
- Ensure Digital+Phase preference correctly propagated with 'propagate to all'
- Improve 'tooltips follow adjustment' preference.
- Improve channel linkage handling.
- Improve handling of 6db/oct APF/Elliptic filters.
- In 'always sort' preference, keep bands sorted after undo/redo.
- Manual updates.
1.08 -> 1.50
- Fullscreen mode.
- Free-drag resize mode.
- Parameter lock option with shift+alt+click.
- Render-DSP settings, can be chosen to be used for rendering.
- Autogain feature with 4 weightings and M/S balance mode.
- Imports banks exported from EQuality/EQuick.
- Digital+Phase mode.
- Autolisten with knobs and textboxes on right/alt-drag.
- Added preferences for keeping band strips in frequency order.
- Channel configuration can be selected by clicking channel strips.
- Option to propagate all UI settings to all instances in the session.
- Option to propagate all DSP settings to all instances in the session.
- Option to propagate all Render-DSP settings to all instances in the session.
- Per-instance MIDI input enable/disable (imports old global preference).
- Mousewheel for subtypes
- Duplicated band strips are positioned next to the original
- Fix bug with A/B in AAX.
- Fix AAX level meters.
- Fix analyser source reload
- Accept , in place of . for numeric entry
- Entering text values for channel gain respects linkage
- New bands are created matching the current EQ channel view
- Improved labelling of meter channels in surround
- Graph zoom/setup settings are saved and reloaded
- Yellow meter peak pref.
- Improved Simple/Precise number formats.
- Improved DSP for Flat-Top peak with wide Q values.
- Allow graph tooltip frequencies to be in note format.
- Preference for tooltips to follow changes rather than mouse.
1.07 -> 1.08
- Tidying and optimisation.
- Reduce saved preset sizes further.
- Fix crashes with undo/redo.
- Fixes for Sonar.
- Fix automation of discrete parameters for PT11 AAX.
- Fix samplerate issues in Wavelab for VST3.
- Remove AAX GR meter.
- Fix 'true Q' preference.
- Fix 'FX Start' preset.
- Fix rare crash on setup wizard completion.
- Fix recall of filter type buttons.
1.06 -> 1.07
- Fix bug affecting reloading of settings
- Fix issues with Windows 32bit AAX and ProTools 10
1.05 -> 1.06
- Experimental preference to allow extended band frequency range at higher samplerates.
- Optimise redraw speed.
- Grouped Undo/Redo.
- Fix rare crash bugs.
- Automating bypass buttons with shortcut in AAX fixed.
- Fix 4th order shelves in parallel mode.
- Fix pops with some band types.
- Fix 'fiddly' gain dragging issue.
- Fix Meter Ballistics pref.
- Improve handling of Avid control surfaces.
- Fix crash with loading corrupt presets.
- Fix obscure crash bug related to Analyser usage.
- Fix obscure UI bug with mouse in specific location while preset loading.
- Versioning display for binaries.
- Significant reduction in load/save times.
- All-round optimisation and tidying.
- Ceased support for 10.4 and PPC. 10.5/Intel now required.
- Improvements for RTAS versions.
- Fix samplerate related issues for AU.
- Improvements for AAX Automation.
- Improvements for redraw strategy on OSX.
- Improvements for UIs for AU+Cocoa.
- Fix mousewheel handling on Windows.
- Fix UI resizing in Live 9 Mac.
- Fix crash when closing UI for Cocoa AUs
- Move Windows presets to My Documents to improve Win7/8 usage.
- Added warning box if file save/load fails.
1.04 -> 1.05
- AAX2.0 and PT11 compatibility.
- Small manual update
- Fix Butterworth and 4kg shelves.
- Fix Logic Surround layout
- Fix tooltip fadeout.
- Fix spurious locked-in-autolisten bug.
- Added 8k2 peak.
- Added 4ke peak. (brown/black CT in/out modes)
- Fix crash bug with AAX2.0 AudioSuite in PT11
- Added pref to show meter readouts as peak or live. (peak is default)
- Added new Units presets
- Preference to control compression for presets/session saves.
1.03 -> 1.04
- Fix SaveAs crash in Logic (crash in save/load under rare circumstances)
- MIDI Preference defaults to OFF for new installs.
- Rework selection. Now grouped bands form a group independent of current selection.
- Preference added to disable band linking completely.
- Fix keyboard note readout to stay onscreen.
- Fix trivial graphical glitch on windows.
- Don't create a submenu for Notch bands.
- Fix memory leak for AAX.
- Fix clicking with coincident/butterworth in Digital+ mode.
- Fix pops with 4kg lowshelf.
1.01 -> 1.03
- Fix display of SetupWindow menu
- Fix pops with VST3 version
- Fix VST3 surround support in Cubase/Nuendo
- Add Rectangular/Parametric window type
- Imported analyser curves get a different colour
- Preserve selective-load flags
- Normalize FlatTop window (to avoid level jumps)
- Fix Mac RTAS version
- Improve HPF performance
- Move graph numbers to highest layer
- Fixed crash on opening Setup Wizard
- Fixed crash on completing Setup Wizard
1.00 -> 1.01
- Windows switch to GDI (fix XP support and all manner of graphics-related oddness)
- Fix crash with Analyser menu
- Fix Alchemy and Pultec presets
- Fix Digital+ mode pops and clicks
- Fix Digital+ mode cancellation
- Rebuild preset menu on preset save
- Fix Windows RTAS and AAX versions
Besides adjusting gain, EQ is the most commonly used process in any audio workflow. Yet it's been years since there was a radical change in how EQs are designed. I've been a student of EQ design my entire career - I was even designing EQs before I started at Focusrite!
I wanted to make a bold statement about what the future should look like - about reclaiming all that was good about the past, and simply adding more.
The EQuilibrium design process started with thinking about what the different facets of an EQ are. We decided that the different facets are these: Curves, Audio fidelity, Interface, Routing. So we looked at each facet individually, and took them deeper.
The Curves are fascinating - I've spent years poring over schematics, collecting transfer functions to find out what it is that makes certain EQs so special. Gain-Q interactivity is one, Gain-frequency interactivity another. Or just interesting settings that bring some vibe. Understanding what curves and interactions have stayed with us over the decades tells us a lot about what we use EQs to achieve. Parallel and series configurations are fascinating too.
Audio fidelity is a real passion of mine - so I revamped the EQuality audio engine to allow a further layer of control; the IIR mode replaces Digital mode in EQuality - that was a bad choice of name, since the entire point of it is that it sounds indistinguishable from the analogue, whilst using the minimum possible amount of CPU usage. Digital+ now has a resizable +, in that you can configure the degree of compensation, and freely tune it. The Phase modes have been revamped entirely - now you can assign phase for each band independently, tune the windowing, and there are graphs for everything, so if you're a mastering engineer wanting to control ringing, you can see the ringing clearly, and what's affecting it!
Interface we've gone perhaps a little overboard with. There's really no grand consensus on how you want to interact with an EQ, so we made it fully configurable. Graphs, knobs, keyboards, textboxes, tooltips, the whole gamut is in there, and can be arranged to suit you. The degree of UI reconfiguration is so extreme we've built a setup wizard, which must be a first for an EQ.
Routing is interesting too. There are scant few fully surround-capable EQs, and it seemed silly not to support routing flexibility to its fullest. For stereo usage there's the simple familiar M/S or L/R configuration, but for surround there's full channel grouping support. We've added per-channel metering, with gains, phase, solo/mute and linkage, so you have half a mixer in there too.
For a few years, I've felt like it was time for a revolution in EQ - no more being held back by the bizarre requirement for rack-ears and photorealistic knobs. It's not photos of gear that bring vibe - it's the soul, the curves! So that's what we've built. A surfeit of functionality predicated on the curves of the greatest EQs from times past.
- Dave Gamble, 2013
You may face several scenarios while mixing and mastering which may include the use of an equalizer, having a transparent display to analyze what you are adding or subtracting with the EQ, multiple EQ bands, and proper CPU usage is what to look for in an EQ.
But with that said every piece of software and hardware alike creates and outputs a slightly different sound meaning they all have unique timbres and uses. Alongside that, there are some rather expensive plugins we may see online, which aren’t out of our reaches but we don’t know what we need until we need it right? Well, this is why its best to try some free EQ’s first to see what it is you like within an EQ and what it maybe you are looking for.
We become ever so comfortable with our stock plugins, they do the simple tasks for us (sometimes), they don’t run our computer into the ground, and they for sure are pretty basic. Well, this is the issue most people come to, they want a better EQ, or they want a change of visuals.
EQ History – ‘The first EQ was first used by John Volkman working at RCA in the 1920s”
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1. DDMF Colour EQ Review
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Specifications:
- 64-bit processing
- Low-CPU Usage
- Customizable GUI
- Great warm sound
- 5 Bands
- Resizable Window
Features & When To Use:
Colour EQ is a 64-bit EQ plugin that offers 5 ”super parametric” bands to manipulate the frequency range. This is exceedingly handy when wanting to use more than one band in one instance; the intuitive gain knobs on the five bands allow for perfect mixing of these bands when mixing and mastering.
Using the two different types of curves, Colour EQ offers a warm sound that you just wouldn’t get from your stock EQ.
Having a bright visual display helps you to craft and mould your bands to preference.
A great way to use this plugin is when you are not getting enough warmth in your low, mid/mids, Colour EQ will add a great sense of warmth throughout the selected bands. Another cool way to use this plugin is to use two different setups with two different curve types; you can use modified versions of the EQ for selected times in your mixdowns to add the feeling of a change in energy in a breakdown or drop.
Colour EQ is a great tool to have in your arsenal for mixing and mastering, plus you may find many uses in your day-to-day production.
Compatibility:
Windows VST (32/64 bit), Windows/Mac RTAS, and Mac VST/AU format (Intel, OSX 10.5 and higher)
2. SPL Free Ranger Review
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Specifications:
- Four useful bands
- Volume knob
- Great sound
- Four buttons to switch between EQ settings
Features & When To Use:
With a sleek, minimalistic design Free Ranger is a powerful EQ.
With a mid-band (150Hz – 7kHz), fixed high (10kHz), low shelf (80Hz) SPL have kept things very simple so anyone can EQ with ease.
Free Ranger gives the feel of the world-renowned API 560 EQ but offers this all for free!
Free Ranger is a bodybuilder for your sounds while mixing and a gentle touch when mastering, this plugin makes EQing fun, quick and easy.
You may find yourself using the four different EQ settings and incorporate them into your mixdowns. Using them to create different feels and vibes can give your masters that final touch you’ve been looking for.
This is a must-have!
Compatibility:
macOS 10.9 through 10.15, Windows 7-10
3. Analog Obsession STEQ v2 Review
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Specifications:
- mid-band (150Hz – 7kHz)
- fixed high (10kHz)
- low shelf (80Hz)
- Optical compressor knob
- Added preamp
Features & When To Use:
Simplicity is key with EQ work in the mix or master, and this plugin keeps that in mind through and through.
With a very easy to use GUI STEQ 2 has a powerful but simple way of delivering a small form factor EQ to your DAW.
This EQ gives off old school retro vibe, precise, clean, and adds a lot of detail to the mid-range.
STEQ 2 is excellent for tonal rebalancing due to the broadness of the three bands creating a pure blend between the frequency ranges.
Using this to add punch to claps and snares is also a good use. But be careful when adding to full bus groups.
This EQ from Analog Obsession is an excellent tool to keep at your disposal when thinking about doing some tasks during your mix, or why not change up those stock plugins for free.
Compatibility
WiN, OSX AU VST, VST3
4. TDR Nova Parallel Dynamic Equalizer Review
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Specifications:
Great for:
Features & When To Use:
Nova is a parallel dynamic EQ; each band has a dedicated, dynamic section giving the user full flexibility.
Giving the option to drag and move bands in the visual GUI individually or group, this provides a natural form factor way to get results.
Using the multiband compression built into Nova your be able to manipulate your EQ even further, this will be displayed in the visual GUI with real-time feedback of the compression process. (subtly decrease the threshold to hear the difference)
In mix and mastering, you can use Nova to visually see where you may have audio issues to fix and makes it very easy to apply these changes with the drag and change feature.
The dynamic EQ is a handy tool to have in practice when mixing down full compositions – use it to bring down or up frequencies only when they reach a specific volume. Voice box vst plugin.
Nova is a heavyweight EQ with a lot under the hood all for free!
Compatibility:
Win XP SP2 or above, Mac OS X 10.7 or above.
5. Cockos ReaEQ Review
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Specifications:
- Low CPU & RAM
- Fast and highly configurable
- Portable – copy & run
- Resizeable GUI
Features & When To Use:
ReaEQ may look basic, but under the hood, there is a lot to offer.
Being able to have as many bands as you wish is a massive bonus, you also have the ability to change all of these bands to one of the following (shelves, bands, LPF, HPF, notch, bandpass, allpass).
With a stripped-back GUI, it keeps you focused on the task at hand, not over complicating things but giving you the power of an audio god at your fingertips.
With a tremendous real-time visual display, this gives you the eyes and ear focus that you need when EQ in the mix.
Phasing is a big issue when mixing, ReaEQ gives you a ‘Show Phase’ button which will show you in your display what frequencies are being affected by the band.
When mastering you may wish to keep all bands in one EQ patch, with ReaEQ you can do this.
Stripped back and powerful ReaEQ is a favorite among many producers across a wide range of genres.
Compatibility:
WIN 32, WIN 64
6. Blue Cat’s Triple EQ Review
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Specifications:
- Semi-parametric EQ
- +/- 40dB Range per band
- MIDI control and automation support
- Real-time display
- All sample rates supported
Features & When To Use:
The Triple EQ is a three-band semi-parametric equaliser.
With a simple and easy to read visual display of the frequencies in real-time, you will have a clear display of the EQ in front of your eyes.
Alongside the huge +/- 40 dB range, Triple EQ has a bandwidth of .01 to 5 Octaves!
An exciting feature with Triple EQ is that you can link two bands together using the ‘Link Channels’ feature. This will allow you to use them in unison; combine this with the automaton support to create quick and easy modulation. This is a great way to change an EQ while in the mix with complex automation.
Using the linking feature to create movement and progression within your mixdowns makes Triple EQ a threat.
Fully customisable shapes make this a different tool when deep in the mix or master, you will find many uses for the dynamic bands you can create—having dynamic bands that you are able to manipulate helps when visually your EQ and how it may affect the whole frequency range.
Check this one out for a small form factor powerful EQ!
Compatibility:
Windows 7 to 10, Mac OS 10.7 or newer.
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7. Analog Obsession Merica Review
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Specifications:
- Low & High Band – Shelf
- Mid Band – Proportional Q Peak
- HP & LP Filter – Constant
- Low CPU usage
Features & When To Use:
We have another FREE plugin from Analog Obsession!
This time is bringing you Merica an emulation of the API 550A console equaliser.
A simple three-band EQ delivers a lot of power to your mixes and masters. Selectively choose which frequency your band boosts or cuts with the option to the right of the knobs.
All bands kept simple and easy to get to grips with.
Meica also has a nifty and very much needed output knob, there will be no issues with clipping in the digital domain when mastering with this plugin.
A larger than appearing sound Merica is an excellent EQ plugin to use when in the mixdowns and masters.
Given that the EQ it emulates is an industry-standard plugin this small form, powerful, easy to use, and was coded by one man! Merica is a must grab for all audio creatives looking to upgrade their stock EQ plugins.
Compatibility:
VST Win, VST3 Win, VST Mac, VST3 Mac, AU Mac
8. TinyQ lkjb Review
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Specifications:
- Four bands (20 Hz to 20 kHz)
- Small form factor (ability to make larger if wanted)
- High & Low cuts range is 6 and 48 dB/octave
- Included frequency analyser
Features & When To Use:
TinyQ is a small form factor EQ.
Giving the user a stripped-back interface TinyQ offers a solution to a simple job.
Having too many settings can become overwhelming; TinyQ does what it says on the tin and doesn’t make your job any harder.
Keeping things simple when mixing down whole groups is essential – finding yourself using CPU heavy EQ, or a stock plugin just might not cut it for you. TinyEQ is excellent for doing those necessary but straightforward EQ tasks!
With the recent addition of built-in frequency analyzer, it makes EQ even easier when getting stuck into your mixes or masters.
Create awesome sounding band curves.
Great emphasis on keeping things simple goes a long way with TinyQ; the team has made a great EQ that does everything it needs to in one small package. With four bands plus high pass/low pass filters, you won’t be looking any further for your day to day EQ needs.
Compatibility:
Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.7 or later (both 64 bit)
9. Sonimus SonEQ Review
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- Three-band Equalizer, Low, Mid, High.
- 2 Musical Filters, High-Pass Low-Pass.
- Preamp stage with a bass booster.
- 64-bit floating-point precision.
- Up to 192kHz sample rates supported.
Features & When To Use:
SonEQ has 3 bands, low (20 Hz – 100 Hz), mid (150 Hz – 4 kHz), high (6 kHz – 15 kHz). Combined with a high pass and low pass filter, plus a ‘Mid-high Q’ this means when it’s on your band its narrow and when deactivated will cause it to be wider. This indicated by the red light.
Giving the user a lot of ways to EQ but keeping things user-friendly is what SonEQ does best.
Having the volume meter is very hand when mixing with any EQ, it gives the visual display of when things are getting a bit heated for your output.
SonEQ also gives you the full control of your input and output levels. This comes in handy when you are mixing your tracks with heavy effects, causing the overall levels to become louder than 0.0dB; this is where adjusting both the input and output parameters will solve the issue.
With this plugin being free for all to use we don’t see any reason why this shouldn’t be ready to deploy at the click of a finger, whether it’s beefing up the mix with the built-in bass boost preamp staging or adding a touch of colour to the highs this plugin has you covered.
Compatibility:
Mac OSX 10.6 or newer – Windows XP or newer
10. Ignite Amps PTEq-X Review
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Specifications:
- Three equalisation modules
- Stereo/Mono switching
- Four different tube types
- Global input/output level control
Features & When To Use:
PTEq-X is a digital emulation of three famous vintage EQ.
Equipped with three EQ modules comprised of mid-range (2kHZ – 7 kHz), low-frequency (20Hz – 150Hz), high-frequency (3kHz – 16kHz).
Using the mid-range module, you can use the low, mid parameter (top left) to effect the lower mid frequencies. Alternatively use the high mid setting (top right) to cause-effect to these frequencies.
Moving down the EQ, we have our second module, which is PEQ1A EQ (Low & High). This comes with a bunch of parameters to mould your EQ patches perfectly to your source.
Finally, this is all topped off with the HL3C module; this is a low-cut accompanied by a high-cut.
You can also use the ‘Oversampling’ feature to reduce aliasing.
Use the “Tube” switch to apply or deactivate the tube amp.
Using the input and output levels will give you the ability to control any nasty peaks brought in or out of the EQ.
PTEq-X is a combination of some of the best analogue EQ’s to exist, plus its FREE!! We recommend this one for a great addition to your EQ arsenal.
Compatibility:
Windows 7 – 10 32 and 64 bit. OS X 10.7 64 bit
11. Leftover Lasagne Pushtec 5+1A EQ Review
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Specifications:
- 6 Band mid-range EQ
- Presets built-in
- Algorithms based on famous analogue gear
- Designed for mixing and mastering
Features & When To Use:
Pushtec 5+1A is a versatile mid-range program EQ that has mixing and mastering at its heart.
This plugin offers six bands, all offering a fantastic sounding boost through all parameters.
A vast selection of plugins makes it easy for users to start with something super effective and tweak to their liking.
“B/W” stands for bandwidth, this allows you to tweak the selected band and adjust to your preference.
A friendly and straightforward GUI keeps this EQ a smaller form factor but with a lot of power. Being designed for mixing and mastering be assured that this plugin delivers best when applied to a whole group or a master channel.
Giving instant sparkle to a mix or a very much needed bass boost this FREE plugin has you covered!
Compatibility:
Win 7 or higher only
12. lkjb QRange Review
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Specifications:
- 12 bands
- peak, shelf and cut filter
- Cut filters (12, 24 and 48 dB/oct steepness)
- Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side routing for each band
- A global gain for loudness adjustments
- Resizable GUI
Features & When To Use:
QRange is a very straight forward, user friendly, and effective EQ for mixing and mastering.
Giving the user an intuitive click and drag feature makes EQ work easy and more controllable.
With a choice of twelve bands, there is excellent room for doing additive plus subtractive EQ all in one plugin patch. Each band has. Selection of up to five different types (peak, low-shelf, high-shelf, low cut, and high cut).
Built into the frequency spectrum, you have the power to change it to pre or post. ‘Pre’ will let you see what the frequency range looks likes before the EQ is applied, whereas ‘Post’ will allow you to see it after the EQ has taken effect.
Offering the ability to users to save and load their own presets makes it easy to bring back some of your favourite patches while working on a mix or master.
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It has to be said lkjb QRange is a must-have FREE EQ plugin.
Compatibility:
Win 7 or higher, macOS 10.7 or higher
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13. TDR Slick EQ Review
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Specifications:
- Semiparametric EQ layout
- Three bands combined with 18dB/Oct high-pass filter
- Four EQ models: “American”, “British”, “German” and “Soviet” with optional non-linearity
- Five output stages: “Linear”, “Silky”, “Mellow”, “Deep” and “Toasted”
- Saturation algorithms by VoS (“Stateful saturation”)
Features & When To Use:
TDR’s Slick EQ provides a recognizable analogue sound.
Using three bands that bring together four different EQ models.
Both low and high bands are coupled with a cut and bell feature allowing for comfortable band changing.
Auto gain estimates the gain change caused by the current EQ settings; this makes it great to compare your EQ setting during the mix. There is also an ‘EQ Sat’ button; this will activate the saturator which is very intelligently paired to your EQ bands. This will add harmonics when boosting and remain passive when cutting.
Being able to save your favourite EQ settings for a later mix or master can be done within the plugin. Coupled with a undo/redo button you never miss that sweet spot for your bands, alternatively set up two different EQs with the A/B switch.
/mhc-space-synthesizer-vst-free.html. Slick EQ gives a very stripped back interface meaning you don’t get caught up with the visuals when doing equalising, providing a focus on what your hearing. This EQ shouldn’t be overlooked, with great coding, algorithms, settings, and excellent sounding types SlickEQ delivers more than you would expect from a FREE plugin.
Compatibility:
Win 32 bit VST2, VST3, Win 64bit VST2, VST3, AAX
Mac VST2, VST3, AU, AAX 64 bit
14. Manda Audio 7Q Review
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Specifications:
- Seven band EQ
- Highpass/lowpass
- Stereo/mono options
- Left/right options
- Output level
Features & When To Use:
Manda Audio brings us 7Q.
7Q is an emulation of the beloved ‘Classic EQ’ which became discontinued, the team came together and brought the community back a redesigned version.
7Q takes off all the fancy parts and gives you the bare basics; this is what gives this a place on our list. With 7Q giving you the ability to apply your EQ to the left or right or both channels, you can independently EQ both sides of the stereo field.
Each band can be additive or subtractive. Keeping easy to use format is what this plugin does best; it doesn’t over-complicate the task at hand but assists your needs along the way wether mix or master.
Low memory and CPU usage make it easy to have multiple instances in your projects without having your computer meltdown.
7Q is a nifty EQ that is awesome for giving your sounds a little crisp boost before running into your other plugins within the chain.
Compatibility:
Win VST 32/64 bit, AAX 32/64 bit
Mac VST, AU, AAX
15. Mellowmuse EQ1A Review
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Specifications:
- HP: 10hz – 1khz / sweepable Q
- Low Shelf: 30hz – 500hz
- Low Mid: 70hz – 2khz / sweepable Q
- High Mid: 500hz – 6k / sweepable Q
- High Shelf: 1.5k – 18k
- Phase switch
- Output level
- 64-bit internal processing
- Formats: 64bit VST, VST3, AU and AAX
- Version: 3.2
- Legacy 32bit installers
Features & When To Use:
EQ1A is a FREE analog-style EQ with a clever algorithm giving you minimal phase coloration.
This plugin has initially been paid to use the plugin, but the developers have decided to give it to us all for FREE!
EQ1A allows you to use broad bands to shape your sounds or outputs in a clean, crisp and phase-corrected way.
Being able to save you presets within the plugin makes it very easy to pull back that EQ you made on the last mix. 4-band parametric equalizer with an additional HP filter with variable resonance gives a wide range of settings to play with while keeping everything simple and user friendly.
EQ1A does what it says on the tin for FREE!
Using this within mixing or mastering may help you when wanting to add a hefty highpass or when looking to give some warmth to your mid ranges.
It has to be said with a great look, and low CPU usage EQ1A is an excellent addition to your plugins.
Compatibility:
Win, Mac
16. Voxengo Marvel GEQ Review
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Specifications:
- 16-band graphic equalizing
- +/- 12 dB gain range per band
- Channel grouping
- Preset manager
- Contextual hint messages
- Freehand drawing mode
- Stereo and multi-channel processing
- Mid/side processing
- Undo/redo history
- All sample rates support
- Linear-phase equalizing
- Internal channel routing
- 64-bit floating-point processing
Features & When To Use:
Voxengo is notorious for doing some excellent free plugins.
This addition is the Marvel GEQ, which is a fifteen band linear phase EQ.
There is a routing tab that allows you to affect the signals mid/sides independently. (orange slides)
Also giving full independence to the mid/side output level, becoming very useful when mixing and mastering.
Bypass feature makes it simple to hear what your EQ is doing to your sound source. Alternatively, decide between two EQ setups with the A/B mode.
For quick EQ drawing, you can hold ‘Ctrl or Cmd’ and click across the EQ drawing in your fader settings with the click of a mouse.
Having a stripped back form factor with enough controls to complement your mixing tasks this plugin has to be our list today.
Compatibility:
VST Win, VST3 Win, VST Mac, VST3 Mac, AU Mac
17. Kuassa BASIQ Review
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Specifications:
- Three-band EQ
- High, mid, low
- Presets tab
- Output level
- Very simple to use
Features & When To Use:
BASIQ is a three-band EQ.
It keeps in mind that EQ work for mixing and mastering doesn’t have to be a headache or over complicated.
BASIQ is a design similar to the classic ‘Baxandall Equalizer’ which is knowns for its natural-sounding shelves and HiFi quality responses.
Adding a smooth, gradual shimmer or warmth instead of a surgical sharpness is what BASIQ does best. Use on groups or a master chain to subtly but significantly add character with the turn of a knob.
With some added presets you be able to get a quick change in tone with the click of a button.
The small form factor makes this BASIQ a powerful tool to be used within the mix or master.
Compatibility:
Win, Mac, VST, AU, 64 bit
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Our Picks For Top 3 Free EQ VST Plugins
With all of that said, grabbing all 17 plugins wouldn’t do you any harm, but we want to break down our top 3 picks!
1. DDMF Colour EQ Review
In our top spot, we have Colour EQ by DDMF.
This plugin brings so many features that you would expect from pay to use plugins but all for FREE! Another fresh point is that the curves you can create with this cannot be done on other EQ plugins, giving Colour EQ a versatile approach.
Low-CPU – Usage Customisable GUI – Great warm sound – 5 Bands
2. TDR Nova Parallel Dynamic Equalizer
Coming in second is Nova by TDR.
Parametric, dynamic EQ, and multiband compression are all built into an excellent looking FREE plugin.
Nova has a built-in dynamic EQ parameter when mixing, and mastering using a dynamic EQ is crucial sometimes. Having this all in one plugin for free is hugely commendable to the team who developed this plugin!
Parametric equalization – Dynamic equalization – Frequency selective compression – Multi-band compression – Wideband compression
3. Blue Cat’s Triple
And finally, our last top pick is ‘Triple’ by Blue Cat.
This awesome plugin has so many features you just wouldn’t expect a FREE plugin to have.
With a fresh interface and drag and click feature to make EQing even more natural Triple is a powerful EQ.
Semi-parametric EQ – +/- 40dB Range per band – MIDI control and automation support – Real-time display
Today we have covered a lot of great FREE EQs for mixing and mastering. Amazingly, we have developers putting out all of these plugins for producers/sound engineers to level out the playing field. As we have all seen these ‘not to name’ brands releasing rather expensive EQs that we just can’t fork out for, but with the way, music has progressed today in the digital domain it has become much more accessible for creatives to share their ideas and effects for free.
With that said, they all have their benefits and downsides, but with them all being free, there is no reason you can’t pick them up and use these in your mixes or masters today!