EQ's
The URS and Waves are having a hard time getting along. Nuendo crashed like 7 times if I don't load them in a certain order. It became so much of a hassle, I ended up not even testing the URS Fulltec EQ for this shootout.
URS A Series (API clone)- Damn! Lot of balls. Deep. Has a lot of growl. Really defined high-mids without much click.
URS N Series (Neve clone)- Too much low end, and not in the good spots. Muddies up the sound and distracts from the high end. Clean sounding in that you can't really hear that the EQ is processing the track. I know that sounds weird. It sounds like the bass player just turned up the bass knob and turned down the treble knob.
Waves API550A- Not much low end. Has a lot of grit to it. Highs are definitely more emphasized. Has a sort of natural distortion sound. Brought out a little honk in the bass. Doesn't really improve on the track.
Waves API550B- Woh. Huge low end. Almost the polar opposite of the 550A. Way too much bottom end, lacks brightness. Low end is undefined, not very clear. More muddy really than bassy. Retains some of the grit that the 550A had, but does something weird to the highs. Not a very clean or transparent sounding EQ in this context.
The URS and Waves are having a hard time getting along. Nuendo crashed like 7 times if I don't load them in a certain order. It became so much of a hassle, I ended up not even testing the URS Fulltec EQ for this shootout.
URS A Series (API clone)- Damn! Lot of balls. Deep. Has a lot of growl. Really defined high-mids without much click.
URS N Series (Neve clone)- Too much low end, and not in the good spots. Muddies up the sound and distracts from the high end. Clean sounding in that you can't really hear that the EQ is processing the track. I know that sounds weird. It sounds like the bass player just turned up the bass knob and turned down the treble knob.
Waves API550A- Not much low end. Has a lot of grit to it. Highs are definitely more emphasized. Has a sort of natural distortion sound. Brought out a little honk in the bass. Doesn't really improve on the track.
Waves API550B- Woh. Huge low end. Almost the polar opposite of the 550A. Way too much bottom end, lacks brightness. Low end is undefined, not very clear. More muddy really than bassy. Retains some of the grit that the 550A had, but does something weird to the highs. Not a very clean or transparent sounding EQ in this context.
Results
URS A Series for the EQ. Hands down.
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