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5. Set the Q value with the bottom slider.
This determines the width of the affected frequency range. Higher values
give narrower frequency ranges.
6. To invert an EQ band (i. e. reflect the curve along the x
axis), click the Inverse button to the right of its On/Off but-
ton. This button is hidden when the EQ module is deacti-
vated.
This is very useful if you want to filter out unwanted noise. While looking
for the frequency to omit, it sometimes helps to boost it in the first place
(set the filter to positive gain). After you have found it, you can use the In
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verse button to cancel it out.
7. If needed, you can activate and make settings for up to
four modules.
• Note that you can edit the values numerically as well, by
clicking in a value field and entering the desired gain, fre
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quency, or Q value.
Using the curve display
When you activate EQ modules and make settings, you
will see that your settings are automatically reflected in the
curve display above. You can also make settings directly
in the curve (or combine the two methods any way you
like):
1. To activate an EQ module, click in the curve display.
This adds a curve point and one of the modules below is activated.
2. Make EQ settings by dragging the curve point in the
display.
This allows you to adjust gain (drag up or down) and frequency (drag left
or right).
3. To set the Q parameter, press [Shift] and drag the
mouse up or down.
You will see the EQ curve become wider or narrower as you drag.
• You can also restrict the editing by pressing [Ctrl]/
[Command] (sets gain only) or [Alt]/[Option] (sets fre-
quency only) while you drag the curve point.
4. To activate another EQ module, click somewhere else
in the display and proceed as above.
5. To turn off an EQ module, double-click its curve point
or drag it outside the display.
6. To invert the EQ curve (i. e. reflect it along the x axis),
click the Inverse Equalizers button to the right of the curve
display.
EQ bypass
Whenever one or several EQ modules are activated for a
channel, the EQ button lights up in green in the Mixer
channel strip, Inspector (Equalizer and Channel sections),
track list, and Channel Settings window (top right corner
of the EQ section).
You can also bypass all EQ modules. This is useful, as it
allows you to compare the sound with and without EQ.
Proceed as follows:
• In the Mixer, the track list and in the Channel section in
the Inspector, click the EQs state button so that it turns
yellow.
To deactivate EQ bypass, click the button again, so that it turns green
again.
• In the Inspector (Equalizers tab) and in the Channel
Settings window, click the Bypass button (next to the EQ
button) so that it turns yellow.
Click again to deactivate EQ bypass mode.
Left: EQ bypass in the Mixer; Right: EQ bypass in the Channel Settings
window or the Inspector
EQ reset
On the Presets pop-up menu in the Channel Settings win-
dow and in the Inspector, you will find the Reset command.
Select this to turn off all EQ modules and reset all EQ pa
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rameters to their default values.