There is nothing quite like the warmth and character of vintage hardware equalizers.
Let's say you have one that sounds great and that you know down to the smallest detail: you certainly know how to adjust the knobs and get the sound you want in seconds, but you probably can't afford to have one for each of the hundred tracks in your mixing session! And yet, even if you could have so many, wouldn't it be great to find a way to digitally save the various Eq presets for all tracks in the mix?
With the company Waves Q Clone all this is possible. This Waves plug in allows you to clone hardware equalizers and use them on an unlimited number of tracks.
How does it work?
Again, the Waves Q Clone is a hardware Eq cloning system: it captures the eq curve of a mono or dual equalizer, perfectly replicates the sound of the filters and their phase response by eliminating distortions, noise or other non-linear properties.
This process can be repeated over and over again on different audio tracks, cloning different Eq settings from the same hardware for each track.
This week's video will guide you in the Waves Q Clone setup for cloning a hardware equalizer widely used in recording studios: API 5500.
You will also have the opportunity to compare the differences between the original API 5500 and its clone.
Sound technician
- George Durantino
- Francis Guarnaccia
Good music everyone!
Antonio Campeglia
