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一款集合十二种“模拟”精密变体的均衡器
thEQblue
十二种精美的模拟架构,将你的作品带出平凡。
蓝色的魅力
均衡器可能是最古老、也是最受欢迎的音频处理工具。从最早开始,它的主要作用就是通过提升或削减特定频率来进行修正或增强。
在过去的一百年里,工程师们开发了无数种均衡器,其中一些成为了传奇,我们的 thEQorange 就是其中之一。录音和后期处理中最受欢迎的类型是参数均衡器(PEQ),由 Massenburg 在 1972 年首次完善。它只需三个控制就能提供最大灵活性。正确使用时,PEQ 是一件强大的工具,也是每个音频工程师追求完美声音的好伙伴。但正如蜘蛛侠(以及伏尔泰)所提醒的那样,“能力越大,责任越大。” 如果由没有经验或受成本限制的软件工程师设计,PEQ 反而可能真正破坏你的作品。
既然市面上已经有数百款参数均衡器,为什么还要开发新的?答案很简单 —— 因为仍然有改进空间!最初的 LinearPhase PEQ Red 和 Orange 的用户要求 Algorithmix 开发一款经典 EQ,用于录音和混音,具备无与伦比的纯净度和透明度。经过数年时间,我们的 Christoph 博士深入分析了许多顶级均衡器,总结出庞大的模拟 EQ 最佳实践知识库。从中精挑细选,他实现的不仅是一两款,而是整个经典最小相位 EQ 的集合。结果?既有对模拟前辈的精炼传承,也有基于新理念的全新设计。
我们相信你会喜欢 MAAT 全新修订的十二种蓝色变体,并能找到属于你的声音。我们还加入了一些细微却重要的功能,例如:可以自由将各个分段分配给立体声(左右声道)或和/差信号(L+R/L-R),还可以“分组”所有分段,在不破坏它们之间关系的情况下进行全局增益调整。
十二种架构
我们希望将模拟提升到另一个层次,因此逆向分析了多款备受尊敬的硬件 EQ,并从中汲取灵感,创造出理想化的数字版本。与其做那些带着模拟“包袱”的建模或仿真,thEQblue 没有噪声、没有失真,也没有任何继承自模拟设备的次要副作用。
所有最小相位均衡器的工作原理,都是通过将相移版本与原始信号相加。thEQblue 是迄今为止最完整的一套经典最小相位均衡器架构合集。你将获得那些传奇模拟均衡电路的精确理想化示例,同时还包括一些前沿的新模型。无论是复古、现代,还是实验风格,thEQblue 都是每一位混音和母带工程师尽情探索的声音乐园。
A dozen precision variations on “analog,” all in one equalizer.
thEQblue
Beautiful analog Architectures, twelve in all, that will take your work out of the ordinary.
Yes, Your Blueness
The equalizer is perhaps the oldest and the most popular of sound processing tools. From its earliest days, the main function was correction or enhancement by boosting or cutting certain frequencies.
For a century, engineers have developed countless equalizers. A few became legend, our thEQorange is one. The most popular version in recording and post is the parametric equalizer or PEQ, first perfected by Massenburg in 1972. It offers maximum flexibility with only three controls. Properly used, the PEQ is a powerful tool and the best friend of every audio engineer in the quest for perfect sound. As Spidey (and Voltaire) always reminds us though, “With great power comes great responsibility.” When designed by a clueless or cost–constrained software engineer, it can truly degrade your work.
Why develop yet one more parametric equalizer (PEQ) when there’s already hundreds on the market? The answer is simple…’Cuz there was room for improvement! It was customers of the original LinearPhase PEQ Red and Orange who asked Algorithmix to develop a classic EQ, for recording and mixing tasks, with unparalleled purity and transparency. Over several years, our Dr. Christoph closely analyzed many of the best out there, and compiled a vast knowledgebase of analog EQ best practices. Cherry picking from that, he implemented not just one or two, but an entire collection of trad minimal phase EQs. The result? A distillation of analog antecedents, while others are based on new ideas.
We know you’ll enjoy our dozen variations of blue, newly revised by MAAT, and will find your favorite sound. We’ve also added subtle but important touches, like the ability to freely assign Sections to either stereo [left/right] or sum/difference [L+R/L-R] at the same time, and to “group” all Sections and make a global gain change without disturbing the relationship of individual Sections.
The Twelve
We wanted to lift analog to another level, so we reverse engineered a variety of well respected hardware EQs, creating idealized digital versions from that inspiration. Rather than models or simulations that carry analog baggage, thEQblue has no noise, distortion or other secondary effects inherited from analog.
All minimum phase equalizers work by summing a phase shifted version with the original. thEQblue is the most complete collection of classic. minimum phase equalizer Architectures ever assembled into one package. You get precise, idealized examples of legendary analog equalizer circuitry, complemented by progressive new models. Whether it’s vintage, modern, or experimental, thEQblue is a sonic sandbox for every mixing and mastering engineer to play in.