6/19/2023 0 Comments Spectralayers 8 reviewThere are familiar Ratio, Arrack and Release controls to fine-tune the processing and I find that this type of EQ is really useful when trying to reduce the effects of unwanted frequencies without changing the overall tonal balance of the audio. This effectivity works as a frequency-based compressor, working dynamically on the frequencies dialled in. What really makes Frequency 2 special though, is the addition of dynamic EQ. The EQ can work as a ‘normal’ or linear-phase EQ and appeared fairly transparent in action in both modes-it’s not a ‘colour’ EQ. It has all the conventional features you’d expect from a parametric (variable Q and filter slopes, peak, notch, band, high and low pass filters) while each band can be controlled by an external sidechain. The new Frequency 2 EQ is an 8-band parametric with some interesting extras lurking under its virtual hood. I’m old enough to remember when you were lucky to get a VU meter on each channel, so this kind of thing feels like luxury to me. Speaking of meters, the new Super Supervision is a customisable, fully featured audio analyser plug-in that provides you with full visual metering of level, phase, spectral content and waveforms. It also worked really well on Keyboards, moving the sonic clutter out of the way of the vocals without using EQ. I used it to narrow the midrange on some stereo drum tracks, which created a decent stereo spread on the cymbals and toms whilst keeping the rest of the kit fairly mono for a punchier sound. A Goniometer displays the effect of the processing and each band has a volume control so you can balance the various levels of each band. The Imager is a fully featured stereo processor which allows you to adjust the stereo spread of your audio in four discrete, variable width, frequency bands. The latest iteration Cubase 11 is no exception, and It comes, as usual, in three flavours to suite budget and application- Elements, Artist and the subject of this review, the full-fat Pro version.Ĭubase 11 continues to bundle more features that you would have, until recently, paid good money for from a third-party company. Each release of Cubase brings with it, new features and better ways of undertaking those boring administrative tasks that face all composers and engineers.
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