Manual

10 MD3 NATIVE User Manual
5.3 EQ Page
Introduction
This page features a 4-band parametric EQ, switchable between Notch and
Parametric lters. The Low and High bands can also be changed to Low/High Cut
or Low/High Shelving.
• • The needle-sharp notch lter has a range down to 0.02 octave
• • The parametric equalizer features a natural and well dened bandwidth
behavior at all gain and width settings
• • The shelving lters have a variable slope, with options of 3, 6, 9, and
12 dB/oct
• • The low-cut and high-cut lters are switchable between 12 dB/oct
maximum at amplitude (Butterworth) or at group delay (Bessel)
types
Basic Operation
• • Press the colored buttons Low, Lo Mid, Hi Mid, and High at the top of the
graph, to activate/deactivate the EQ bands. Alternatively, double-click
on the colored handles in the graph
• • Click and drag left/right the colored handles in the graph to adjust the
frequency and drag them up/down to adjust the gain. Use CTRL+Drag
(or CMD+Drag on a Mac) to change the bandwidth
• • Press the ON button at the graph's top right, to bypass all bands
• • Below the graph, select Freq, Gain, Type or Lo/Hi to access all four
parameters on individual bands.
• • For example, if you press the FREQ button, the Focus Field below it
shows the frequency in Hz of all bands.
• • Click and drag the value in the Focus Field to adjust it, or double-click on
the value and manually enter a valid value
• • Press FREQ again, and the Focus Fields will return to their assigned elds
• • Select GAIN, and the Focus Fields show the gain in dB for each band.
Adjust the values in the Focus Fields as desired
• • Select LOW, and the frequency, gain, and type of the Low and Low Mid
bands are shown. Adjust the values in the Focus Fields as desired
• • Select HIGH, and the freqency, gain, and type of the High Mid and High
bands are shown. Adjust the values in the Focus Fields as desired