Spectrum Grab: just grab and adjust a peak in the real-time spectrum analyzer right away. Full Screen mode for super-precise adjustments. Key features: Natural Phase mode to perfectly match the magnitude response of analog EQ'ing while also closely matching the analog phase response, without noticeable pre-ring or a long latency. New features such as Full Screen mode, unique Natural Phase processing, Auto Gain, Spectrum Grab, Gain-Q interaction and slope support for all filter types make Pro-Q 2 better than its predecessor in every way, while staying true to the original vision of combining high sound quality with unsurpassed interface workflow. We have no doubt this time that Pro-Q2 is set to be our ‘go-to’ EQ for some time to come.Team R2R | 2023.11.03 | 4.34 MB FabFilter has announced availability of FabFilter Pro-Q 2, a major update to the Pro-Q equalizer plug-in. In Natural Phase mode the bottom end has enough weight to stand up alongside any Pultec-clone/emulation, while the top-end is so smooth that it is easy to boost here without much of the harshness that is often associated with digital EQs. Whether it’s detailed carving out of problematic resonances, or broad brush enhancing, Pro-Q2 is more than up to the task. This has the effect of letting you scoop big chunks out of the frequency spectrum without any processing to the signal at either side of the bell.ĭesert Island EQ For all the eye-catching new features in Pro-Q2, it’s the ease-of-use, and great sounding results that make us keep coming back to this over many of our other EQs. When applied to a standard bell-shaped filter, the 96dB/oct option squares off the response at the bottom of the bell, while sharpening the sides. And the existing filters now have a selection of shapes from 12dB/oct up to 96dB/oct.

There’s a new Tilt shelving filter, which boosts at one side of the tilt point, while cutting the other. Zero Latency mode compromises a little smoothness in the phase response for an EQ that can be used with no latency issues at all, while Linear Phase has a huge latency (around 5,000 samples at 44.1kHz), and some pre-ringing issues in the low-end, but ensures maximum phase coherence when working with multiple mic’ed sources.

Each of these has a very different response with Natural Phase having the most pleasing, natural sound. The new version can be set to Linear Phase, Natural Phase or Zero Latency. In addition to these new usability features, FabFilter has also updated the EQ algorithms themselves.

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