from surgical to character eqs in this video i'm looking at 11 of the best free eq plugins
available in 2021 and you'll be surprised at what you can get for free as some of these
could easily be premium paid for plugins and the ninth one on the list is an absolute must-have
i'm zane welcome to audio tech tv where it's my goal to help you conquer the tech so you can
unleash your creative beast now links to all of the free vst plugins mentioned in this
video are down in the description and first up on the list is the ignite pteq-x plugin
this is a pultec style eq it's actually three pull tech eqs in one you get the mq5 the peq-1a
which is probably the most popular pultec eq and you also get the hl3c which is based on the hlf3c
this is a great sounding vintage style eq that can add that full text smoothness to your tracks
the ignite pteq-x is available on mac and windows
the next free eq plugin on the list is tdr slick eq from
tokyo dawn lab this is a nice clean eq with three bands and it has four different eq modes
american british soviet and german you get an auto gain option that compensates for the
changes of perceived loudness the user interface is extremely easy to use and it includes some
decent presets to quickly get you started you can get tdr slick eq on mac and windows
next up is analog obsessions g395a eq this one is based on the vintage telefunken w395a
which is a german eq from the 70s this plugin has a nice clean user interface that's similar
to the original hardware and it's very easy to use the low frequency is fixed at 60 hertz
the high frequency is fixed at 10k and the mids are switchable from
700 hertz to 3000 and if you push the button up in the top left hand corner it puts it
into over sampling mode analog obsession g395a is available on mac and windows
the next free eq plugin on the list is the signal noise sn04 channel eq and i'm
not really sure if this one's based on a specific hardware unit or not but it
does give you a classic feel and it has an analog modeling mode that you can enable
it was designed so it can be used on every channel in your project kind of like a virtual console
it's easy to use and pretty much gives you all of the controls that you would want in a channel eq
plus it's light on cpu usage the sno4 channel eq is available only on windows at the moment
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my channel out and i appreciate it so much now back into the free eq plugins and this next one
is from analog obsession this is america this one is based on the hardware api 550a and i love this
style of eq on so many things like vocals guitars bass acoustic guitars and drums sometimes too
america is an easy to use plug-in you have your band selector switches along the side and you can
control how much you want to add or take away with the knob right next to it you also have a constant
bandpass switch just like the api hardware does you can get america on mac and windows
the next free eq is from fuse audio lab this is the w2395c this is a baxandall style eq and i
think it's based on the 500 series eq from roger schultz german audio lab and baxandall style eqs
can be a little more gentle and forgiving compared to the more modern eqs the controls on this plugin
are pretty straightforward allowing you to really contour your sound easily you can use the w2395c
pretty much anywhere in your mix and it can help to enhance the sound plus it also has a drive knob
that can add a little saturation into your tracks you can get the w2395c plugin on mac and windows
next on the list is air shelf from burtom audio this eq focuses on the high frequencies
it allows you to add some air and sparkle to your tracks with a very easy set of controls
you have two knobs boost which is a high shelf eq centered at 20,000 hertz and it has a very
gradual response to give you a nice smooth sound that isn't harsh and then there's the tame knob
which controls some more complex things it's kind of like a dynamic eq and transient shaper all in
one this will allow you to smooth out your sound even more to ensure that there's no harshness
while working with your high frequencies airshelf is available on mac windows and linux
know what i said i don't know what i did but you think i should be bowing to your feet oh yeah
the next free eq plugin is 7q from
manda audio this is a simple 7-band well kind of 9-band eq it has 7 pre-defined bands with
set q curves plus it has integrated high pass and low pass filters you can use it in mono dual mono
and stereo modes it's a very simple clean eq that you can throw on pretty much any track or
every track as it doesn't use a lot of cpu power to run it you can get the 7q on mac and windows
the next free eq plugin is another one from tokyo dawn lab
this is nova this one is a dynamic eq that's housed in a parametric eq interface and i
really like working with this style of eq as it allows you to contour the sound however you like
plus this one gives you that full dynamic section so you can use it in even more situations it also
features a nice big spectrum analyzer to help you see the frequencies that you might want to focus
on there's also integrated high pass and low pass filters in there too this one is an absolute must
have eq plugin and it's hard to believe that it's free you can get the tdr nova on windows and mac
so
here's another plugin from analog obsession this one is rare s e this is another plugin
that's based on the classic pultec style eq and pultec style eqs can be very versatile
and forgiving try rare se all over your mix you can choose to link the left and
right knobs together so any changes you make to one will happen to the other
which can be great if you want both channels to get the same effect and this one also offers mid
and side processing capabilities too you can get the analog obsession rare se on windows and mac
this next free eq plugin is another pultec style eq this is coffee the pun from acustica audio
this one can shine on vocals drums bass acoustic guitars pianos and whatever else it's designed to
give you the authentic analog sound of germanium class a transistors in addition to getting a big
sounding eq it can also add some nice harmonic saturation to your tracks too this is a character
eq so don't expect it to be a clean one coffee the pun is available on windows and mac and just
so you know you must install it through their free aquarius assistant program and this plugin
is a little on the larger size as they've really captured the sound of the hardware with this one
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