Add clarity to your mixes, more punch to single tracks or carve out the harsh parts of your vocal recordings – in seconds and with unprecedented precision. The Sonible Smart:EQ 2 analyzes your audio material and generates a custom filter curve to create a natural sounding tonal balance.

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Smart:EQ is as efficient as an EQ plugin gets. It’s definitely worth noting that it is very easy and intuitive to edit and adjust the automatic filtering if it’s not quite to your taste. Granted, there was certain tweaks and finetuning that I would have applied if it was a professional mix, but these differences could always be attributed to personal taste as opposed to any inefficiency of the plugin itself. I tested this EQ tool on a few piano samples, solo guitar tracks, vocals etc. So two pianos with contrasting mixes will not have the same EQ filter bands applied to them. Instead of just applying a default EQ curve, Smart:EQ curates EQ levels based on the frequency distribution of your audio signal. However, this tool approaches this problem a little differently.

I’m always somewhat sceptical of EQ presets or profiles for specific instruments, and tend to avoid them. Smart:EQ is also designed to EQ individual instruments and sounds, as well as final correctional EQ’ing of an entire track.

Smart:EQ 2 fixing a mid-range, badly mixed sound with thin bass frequencies Individual tracks Furthermore, it added a smooth, attenuating EQ curve to the low-end, which resulted in a deep, warm bass mix. Smart:EQ 2 immediately enhanced the clarity and detail of the high end without any “tinny” frequencies or pesky sibilance. At this point I was particularly blown away. I used a pre-mixed track I worked on many years ago with a very thin, muffled high-end and a very muddy bass mix. Next, I added Smart:EQ 2 to mixes with known harsh resonances.

If you’re a beginner to mixing audio, I can see this tool being particularly useful for getting to grips with the concept of corrective EQ’ing, especially during the mastering process. In fact, on some particularly well balanced tracks, Smart:EQ 2 correctional EQ’ing was virtually absent, which was extremely impressive. From commercial hip hop to modern rock anthems, this EQ plugin offered very little suggestion in terms of the EQ correction of the tracks. I thought the best way to test this feature was to experiment with a few mixes and audio tracks of varying quality.įirst, I added Smart:EQ 2 to a selection of high-quality, “perfectly mixed” tracks (and yes, I understand this is very objective). Smart:EQ 2 automatically analyzes your sound input, and adapts it’s EQ’ing in real time to the characteristics of the signal.

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