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Date: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:05 am ((PDT))
I can strongly recommended the Periscope EQ from the Audioease Nautilus
bundle, if one needs a powerful phase corrected EQ for surgical
applications (e.g. narrow band(s) and cut to minus infinity). Top sound
quality and very easy to use - has saved a number of of recordings for me.
Cheers,
Antti
On Mon, 22 June, 2009 7:51 am, Scott Fraser wrote:
> <<So it didn't seem to cut anything off, merely make it quieter.>>
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> That is in fact what a filter is doing. You just didn't have a steep
> enough cutoff slope.
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> <<Is there a way to actually cut off the lower frequencies? Or turn
> them down without effecting the higher frequencies? >>
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> That is the description of a highpass filter.
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> <<What I imagine would be useful is something which actually lets me
> cutoff frequencies below a certain level, and also lets me choose the
> steepness of the curve of how sudden the cutoff is. Or even just shape th=
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> whole frequency curve as I choose.>>
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> The Waves Renaissance EQ gives you control over the steepness of the
> HPF cutoff, while giving you the choice of a 2, 4 or 6 band parametric
> equalizer. The absolute steepest highpass cutoff I've come across is in t=
he
> WaveArts Trackplug. There's pretty much nothing left below the
> cutoff frequency. The problem with really high order filters, unless they
> are specifically designed as minimum phase filters, is that they ring at
> the cutoff frequency. You really hear it with the Trackplug, but you do
> get an incredibly steep cutoff.
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> Scott Fraser
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Dr Antti Sakari Saario
Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)
Lancaster University, LA1 4YW, UK
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