This is kind of related to Cubase, But was considering a purchase of Fabfilter Pro Q3 ,as a standalone EQ.
I have read and listened to rave reviews about it.
And thought it would be a great addition to have close to hand. I tend to use Izotope Neutron 3 mostly
Before I whip out my credit card,would like to ask you nice people a couple of questions,if thats ok
How does it perform with Cubase?
Do you use it as you go to EQ in your music,rather than the stock Cubase ones?
Frequency and Q3 are pretty comparable. I’ve got it because it came bundled with the Limiter and compressor which are fantastic.
Don’t expect to get a better tone out of it or anything like that. Frequency and Q3 can almost null. You’re paying for that really slick GUI - the EQ match and the dynamic EQ option.
No the ProQ3 is not “Go To.” ProQ2/3 IMO is an excellent all-around transparent sounding EQ. While I have never compared ProQ2 with the stock Cubase mix console EQ, I would guess processing to be less with the stock EQ. Keep in mind ProQ3 has many more features such as dynamic EQ and EQ match. Most of my pop projects are anywhere from 60 to 150 tracks, and frankly often these tracks do not call for an elaborate EQ such as ProQ2/3. The majority of EQ’s on my tracks are relatively small changes. For example a shaker that is mixed so low that an average listener wouldn’t even know it’s there unless you consciously listened for it. So the shaker is bumped .4dB@8k. Do I need a ProQ3 for that task?
However for a piano or any other major element, I’m going to use a ProQ3 or something comparable depending on the desired EQ characteristics which may or may not be transparent.
Shall be interested to hear what you think…it’s one I’ve been thinking of demoing for a while as have heard great things about it.
To date I’ve not felt the need as i really like Cubases’s Frequency EQ and though i understand this has much more i guess I’ve not been convinced enough to spend the time trying it out. Not yet seen anyone compare them side by side…
I use the Pro Q3 mostly for Mastering because it is a excellent correction-EQ with all it’s possibilities.
For EQ-colouring on tracks I use other plugins or my hardware Pultec style’s.
From what I have heard and seen looks really cool,although I am a hobbyist and not really had much serious experience with EQ’s and such
let alone Cubase,ha,ha
Alothough each day Im learning more and more and of course Greg Ondo and the Club Cubase hangouts are very helpful too
The only problem that I have with Q3 is that you cant move the frequency above 20k. When running the plugin with 192Khz resolution you should be able to do eq up to 96khz. But no spectrum analyser or eq:in above 20k.
Not really, but I can imagine that plugins can be used for technical usage other than music. I want it to be able to handle aliasing problems on non linear plugs.
