This is a copy of a Reddit post I made a couple of weeks ago. I thought I should post the idea to the IL forums as well. I think it's time for an update for one of our beloved workhorse plugins in FL. Parametric EQ 2 is on every track and it's my go to EQ for almost all purposes. I love the unconventional harmonics analyzer and the super low CPU cost but I miss some of the more modern features that have become standard for other EQ plugins.
There is no mid / side processing, no linear phase mode, no frequency overlay from sidechain signals and the GUI is a too small for easy surgical attenuation.
I want to gather feature requests and ideas and incorporate them into my mockup GUI for PEQ3 and pitch the concept to IL to hopefully get some update development started.
Hit me with everything you want to see in a modern EQ. I am open for conventional feature lists and wild ideas. Anything you think would make sense for PEQ3.
Here is what I have so far:
- 40% bigger GUI
- bands can have any name (e.g. mud, body, snap, air)
- band names will be saved to create presets for specific instruments or purposes
- hold shift to isolate and pre-listen to a narrow band
- mid / side processing
- linear phase mode
- sidechain frequency response overlay
- different analyzer styles (harmonics and "traditional")
- input / output gain
- auto gain compensation
- hold key + scroll wheel for surgical zoom
Community suggestions
- different GUI sizes or vector GUI
- steeper Q setting
- show exact frequency on screen when mouseover
- better metering with more standards
- mouseover shows pitch additionally to frequency
Let's talk about Parametric EQ 3
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Some good ideas there.
Although I would first s...
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For all of my bass instruments, i like to centr...
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in simple words we want Pro Q 2 hahaha
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And because we always want more, why not a dyna...
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Option to switch between spectrum and waveform ...
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Multiple outs so you can set bands to different...
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image line we want everything. instant and free...