Key Features
- Flexible and powerful active EQ with comprehensive control
- Accurately carve space in your tracks to fit in your mix
- Ideal solution for mixing engineers to EQ dynamically to your input signal
- Six overlapping fixed and active EQ bands
- 13 selectable EQ modes with independent control between active and fixed bands
McDSP AE600 Active EQ HD v7 Overview
The McDSP AE600 Active EQ HD v7 is a HD-ready, six-band active EQ plug-in. Compatible with HD formats, the McDSP AE600 Active EQ HD can run on your host processing or the DSP processors (such as the McDSP APB or the Avid HDX) to save your system from excessive CPU. The next generation of EQ plugins, the AE600 delivers a revolutionary plugin experience using ultra-low latency algorithms for a smooth and natural EQ effect that can help transform your mixes to a studio-ready, professional standard. 13 selectable EQ modes include Vintage, X-style, Parametric, HPF, LPF and more can be individually controlled between the fixed and active bands with comprehensive control over the ratio, release, attack and threshold of each active EQ band.
Each fixed and active band share the same parameters of gain, frequency, Q factor and mode controls with the ability to link each band together to make global changes that will copy across each band. Additionally, you can set each band to trigger from the input signal or external side-chaining signal for a more dynamic and flexible approach to EQ to carve out a unique space within your mix.
A Swiss army knife tool, the AE600 features both stereo and mono versions available to process channels individually on a single instrument or a group of instruments or full mix in stereo mode. Accurate and responsive metering gives you a visual representation of the adjustments you make within your mix to ensure you are only affecting what you need to, leaving anything you don't. McDSP AE600 is the ultimate tool for producers, mixing engineers and sound designers looking for a way to dynamically sculpt the tone of your sounds that move with your music.
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View Full DescriptionAccurately process your vocals
At the front and centre of any track is the vocals, the melody that drives the emotion and the words that speak to the listeners. It's vital that vocals stand out in a dense mix and not be in direct competition for frequency space with other elements of a mix. With AE600, making your vocals pop is simple, with six bands of EQ to manipulate dynamically, you can carve out a space for your vocals yourself, or use the external side-chain capabilities to push your vocals to the front above other instruments over your threshold.
Six bands of active EQ feature threshold, ratio, attack and release controls per band with side-chain input, making it the ideal solution for dynamic processing of your vocal tracks. For vocal tracks that contain a large amount of sibilance, the AE600 allows you to use dynamic EQ in a targetted frequency range with extreme precision to tame the sibilance when it occurs. The dynamic movement of the active EQ bands within AE600 is much more natural than using a simple static EQ cut that will cut the targetted frequency no matter what signal is passed through as it reacts to your music, giving you a natural and authentic sound.
Add punch to your drums
A highly versatile tool, the AE600 can be used to target specific frequency ranges to add extra punch and attack in a dynamic way to your tracks. Not only are you provided with the active EQ bands to dynamically process your tracks but AE600 also provides fixed band EQ options to create EQ carves that can shape and sculpt the overall tone of your drums. A vital tool for mixing engineers, you can create EQ curves across a full mix of drums to complement your mix to better fit with the rest of your track, whether you're looking to shelf high-end to add articulation or cut mid-range to remove 'boxy' frequencies, AE600 will deliver.
Ultra-precise tonal shaping
Designed to be as flexible as possible to accommodate modern mixing engineers, AE600 comes loaded with 13 selectable EQ modes that includes Vintage, X-style, Parametric and much more. The diversity of the selectable EQ modes allows you to take full control over your tonal shaping and with independent EQ modes per fixed and active EQ bands, you will never be stuck on ways to creatively sculpt your mix.
Whether you need to surgically notch your EQ with X-5 mode to unlock a Q value up to 100 or whether you're looking for smooth parametric EQ styles to add brightness or remove muddiness in your final mix.
Features
- Six overlapping fixed and active EQ bands
- 13 selectable EQ modes including Vintage, X-style, Parametric EQ, HPF, LPF and more
- Individual control over fixed and active parameters
- Comprehensive controls over ratio, release and attack of active EQ control
- Independent EQ modes per fixed and active frequency bands
- Link active EQ bands to make global changes across each frequency band
- Accurate metering
- Unique active EQ dynamically reacts to your signal
- Side chain support
- Double precision processing
- Audio optimised for ultra-low latency
- Mono and stereo versions available
Specifications
- Operating system:
- Mac: 10.13, 10.14, 10.15, 11 and 12 (Note: Mac OS version 10.12.x [Sierra] may work, but is not officially supported)
- Windows: Windows 10+
- Format:
- HD: AAX DSP/Native, AU, VST3
- McDSP HD plug-ins also support the VENUE S6L systems (Note: McDSP VENUE plug-ins are packaged in a VENUE-specific installer available on the McDSP website)
- Note: As of v7.0, VST is no longer supported. VST versions of v6 McDSP plug-ins will no longer be updated and will be uninstalled leaving only VST3 versions
- Processor: Apple silicon and the latest Intel processors supported
- Activation: iLok2 or iLok3 USB Smart Key, or an iLok License Manager account and an iLok Cloud session for authorization. Each McDSP v7 plug-in contains two activations per authorization
- Compatible DAWs: Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, FL Studio, Ableton Live, LUNA, Reaper, Sonar, Studio One, and other DAWs that support AAX, AU, and/or VST3 plug-in formats.
- Product code: 1075-56
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