![]() Technically speaking, the single plug-in is actually a replication of two valve equalizers – the shelving-like Pultec EQP-1A and the more mid-range-focussed MEQ-5 – hence the two power switches on the plug-in. Of all three equalizers, it’s arguably the Vintage Tube EQ that delivers the least precision, but the largest amount of mojo. Push the frequency harder, though, and Q will become sharper, applying a more focussed cut or boost to the signal. Put simply, Proportional Q means relatively small amounts of cut or boost will result in a musically-wide Q setting. That said, the API 560 is still a well-loved sound-shaping tool, partly thanks to its Proportional Q. ![]() On the whole, Graphic EQs tend to get a bad name in the studio, mainly because the band divisions are relatively coarse by comparison to a fully-sweepable parametric equalizer. The API 560, otherwise known as Vintage Graphic EQ, is interesting as it’s Logic’s only example of a graphic equalizer. Mids are catered for with a semi-parametric band (from about 360Hz to 7kHz), leaving the tops covered by a silky shelving EQ set at 12kHz. One key difference to note is that the original 1073 had stepped controls, while the newer Vintage Equalizer has sweepable frequency controls that let you ‘tune-in’ to a specific frequency. The low-end can be controlled using the combination of a passive (18dB/octave) high-pass filter along with a low shelving Equalizer with an adjustable frequency setting (from 35-220Hz). As the name suggests, the Vintage Console EQ is a great ‘mixing’ equalizer, with a set of simple, focussed controls. Like all these Vintage EQ plug-ins, the Vintage Console EQ isn’t a tool you’d turn to for surgically-precise timbral modification, but more a broader ‘brush stroke’ for changing the colour and representation of a sound. Like many console EQs produced in the 70s, the 1073 is a relatively simple equalizer: with a low-cut, two shelving sections and an adjustable mid cut/boost. ![]() The Neve 1073 is what Logic refers to as the Vintage Console EQ, arguably harking back to its original inclusion as part of a Neve A88 console. Although Apple can’t reveal the actual equalizers that have been modelled, it’s pretty obvious to visually identity them as a Neve 1073, API 560, Pultec EQP-1A and MEQ-5. If you’re used to Logic’s Channel EQ plug-in, the first experience of using the Vintage EQ can seem a little daunting, especially as you won’t be aware of quirks and operational features of the Vintage EQ models on offer. However, having grown up listening to countless records produced using classical analogue equalizers, there’s a lot to be said for EQ that has a more vintage edge to it, even though it may lack the accuracy and precision of its digital counterpart.įollowing in the footsteps of plug-in developers like Waves and Universal Audio, Logic’s new Vintage EQ plug-in collection offers analogue modelled EQ as standard, with three different classical equalizers to explore. Logic Pro’s Channel EQ certainly offers everything you could ever want from a contemporary equalizer in the digital world – from high-resolution spectral analysis, through to the precision of Middle-and-Side operation.
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