Is there a plug-in like Curve EQ for Mac?

[Rex Rocker]

Preferably free...

Thanks!

 

[Lasse Lammert]

firium/fireq ..imo much better than curve EQ (I'm using it only for the analyzer cause it kicks ass).
but it's not free

 

[Rex Rocker]

Thanks a lot, Lasse. I think I should give the demo a try.

 

[Aaron Smith]

From a professional standpoint, is there any value to using EQ matching? I should demo the thing just so I can see for myself how I feel about it, but it seems like the attraction is that it's supposedly some kind of shortcut to an imitation of another persons work. I can't imagine that EQ matching someone elses guitar tone for example, would really create the great tone you're after...or that matching a full mix spectrum would really work out very well.

RANDOM:

How in the world do you properly write "someone elses guitar tone"?

someone else ?
someone elses ?
someone else's ?
someone else' ?

I never realized how weird that is grammatically.

 

[Machinated]

I agree with aaron, but if you have logic there is one included.

 

[Metaltastic]

Pretty sure it's just "someone else's" Aaron, I guess it's not as weird as, say, Marcus's (rather than Marcus') because it's a consonant before the "s" sound, rather than a vowel!

That's my contribution to this thread

 

[Melodeath]

From a professional standpoint, is there any value to using EQ matching? I should demo the thing just so I can see for myself how I feel about it, but it seems like the attraction is that it's supposedly some kind of shortcut to an imitation of another persons work. I can't imagine that EQ matching someone elses guitar tone for example, would really create the great tone you're after...or that matching a full mix spectrum would really work out very well.

RANDOM:

How in the world do you properly write "someone elses guitar tone"?

someone else ?
someone elses ?
someone else's ?
someone else' ?

I never realized how weird that is grammatically.

It can definitely be useful IMO. I pretty much always wind up lowering the degree of matching (i.e. not 100% matching), though, and tweak.

It really helped me get the guitar tone I was after, for example. Of course, I had the main ingredient already (HM-2) when tracking.

 

[grywolf627]

I could have sworn I saw in the 'Collective Questions For Andy Sneap' thread even Andy said he uses Firium for matching at times. (probably for matching to his own tones) Though, I may be imagining things again. I've used it as a shortcut at times to match my own guitar sounds...when one is just a bit off from another (for whatever reason). I've also been in a situation where I helped someone retrack just a few rhythm guitar parts. Well, I have no idea how it was originally mic'ed and tracked. I just knew that I couldn't get his guitar sound to exactly match what was already recorded. But using FreeFilter in Wavelab, I was able to save the whole thing.

 

[Rex Rocker]

Thanks for the replies!

Aaron, yeah, I see your point. I think it's just a fun tool to have at times!

 

[dani]

hmm Aaron_Smith, you always seem to have a hardline approach to just "copying" in general.

your mixes are good, and you can tell that you put effort into them. you obviously can invest the time and money needed to get good sounds.

this isn't always the case for everyone.

CurveEQ makes reasonably good tones (IMO), accessible to just normal people. anyone wishing to take recording/mixing more seriously, is then able to learn what makes a good tone (as it's hardly ever the case that you reach a tone that you think is perfect).

i doubt that someone as experienced and competent as you would want to use CurveEQ, or really appreciate its value.

thanks,

 

[ahjteam]

Google says:

Did you mean: someone else's