EQ
Waves API550A- Cleans the track up fairly well. Sounds balanced. A little fatiguing in the upper mids, but nothing really noticeable. "Does no harm" really jumped to mind.
Waves API550B- I can't believe this was my go-to EQ. Sounds unbalanced and unnatural. Sculpted, not very discrete. Handles the high mids okay, but not much of an improvement from the original track.
URS Fulltec (Pultec clone)- Very meaty. Definite improvement to the sound. Very clean sounding, can't really hear that it's an EQ. Took the honk out of the guitar. Great rhythm EQ, though would like to hear more in the highs.
URS N Series (Neve clone)- A weird surprise, in a good way. Has a lot of balls to it. Brought out the character of the guitar, though still harsh sounding. Not sure if it's worth the trade-off.
URS A Series (API clone)- Much cleaner sounding EQ. Has a lot more high end than the others without accenting the harshness of the distortion. Does a nice job with the low mids. Huge improvement to the sound, noticeable difference in a good way. More defined than the 550A, sound like what the 550B should have been.
Guitar Results
The EQ was a toss up between the URS A Series and the Fulltec, but I ended up deciding the A Series really did the most good to the guitar track.
Waves API550A- Cleans the track up fairly well. Sounds balanced. A little fatiguing in the upper mids, but nothing really noticeable. "Does no harm" really jumped to mind.
Waves API550B- I can't believe this was my go-to EQ. Sounds unbalanced and unnatural. Sculpted, not very discrete. Handles the high mids okay, but not much of an improvement from the original track.
URS Fulltec (Pultec clone)- Very meaty. Definite improvement to the sound. Very clean sounding, can't really hear that it's an EQ. Took the honk out of the guitar. Great rhythm EQ, though would like to hear more in the highs.
URS N Series (Neve clone)- A weird surprise, in a good way. Has a lot of balls to it. Brought out the character of the guitar, though still harsh sounding. Not sure if it's worth the trade-off.
URS A Series (API clone)- Much cleaner sounding EQ. Has a lot more high end than the others without accenting the harshness of the distortion. Does a nice job with the low mids. Huge improvement to the sound, noticeable difference in a good way. More defined than the 550A, sound like what the 550B should have been.
Guitar Results
The EQ was a toss up between the URS A Series and the Fulltec, but I ended up deciding the A Series really did the most good to the guitar track.
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