Overloud Gem Comp76 FET Compressor and Limiter Plug-In - Manual (Page 17)

OVERLOUD GEMS EQ84
EQ84
EQ84 is modeled after a masterpiece British EQ of the recent past. It has great character and per-
sonality with its biting and aggressive vibe, which gives the sound great clarity and presence.
The graphic interface includes the red input gain knob on the left, then four vertical pairs of
black knobs and buttons to control frequencies and bands, and then two blue knobs for high
and low pass
fi lters. Finally two more buttons on the right side to switch the EQ section on/o ff
and invert the signal phase.
INPUT GAIN - The red knob controls the input gain using double range: MIC and LINE. Both ranges
go from –12 dB to +12 dB, but the mic range also adds the modeling of the mic-preamp trans-
former and saturation.
HIGH SHELF BAND - Adjusts the high frequency with a variable control ranging from 10 kHz to
16 kHz (lower knob), and the level with a variable control ranging from –16 dB to +16 dB (upper
knob).
The
ON button enables/disables the high fre-
quency processing, while CUE does some-
thing almost the opposite, allowing you to to
sort of “solo”, the frequency setting, to hear
which frequencies is controlling.
MID BAND 1 - Adjusts one of the two available
mid band frequencies with a variable 0.35 kHz
to 7.2 kHz control and a variable -16 dB to
+16 dB control. Here too there are ON and CUE buttons to enable/disable the mid band and to
cue the mid band respectively. Hi Q switches the bandwidth of the mid frequency fi lter using a
narrower range when on.
MID BAND 2 - Another mid band, exactly the same as MID BAND 1 .
LOW SHELF BAND - Adjusts the low frequency with a variable control ranging from 35 Hz to 220 Hz,
and the level with a variable control ranging from –16 dB to +16 dB. ON and CUE buttons are
present here, too.
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The original hardware only allowed fi xed preset values for all
frequency controls. EQ84 has smooth variable controls instead,
with “magnetic snaps” corresponding to the original switch steps.
When those “preset” frequencies are selected, the modeling is
faithful to the original. EQ84, however, lets you smoothly access
all intermediate values as well, to accomodate a far wider range
of settings.