Any steals on plugins today?

[JCBigler]

Originally Posted by John_Toolbox

Waves Q-clone on sale today for $29

What is that? like an EQ emulator or something? Is it really that good?

[John_Toolbox]

It's marketed as a way to copy the response curve of an external EQ, so you can use those settings on multiple tracks as a plugin. However, it has other uses too. I have used the Match EQ in logic which is a similar concept. The match EQ is useful if you process audio and end up changing the timbre (i.e. time stretch or pitch shifting). You save a profile of the original sound, then apply it to the processed one to EQ it back to what it was.

I personally think it's a no-brainer for $29 if you don't have something similar. (TC Electronic made a powercore plugin called assimilator that was similar, but AFAIK it died with powercore).

[audioluche]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

What is that? like an EQ emulator or something? Is it really that good?

I use it with my 550 b's, Neve 1084, Pulteq, massive passive and Neumann EQ's.
Sounds better than plugins emulations to me (i compared with waves API plugins).

The workflow is killer for me. Way better than using plugin emulations.

[audioluche]

Originally Posted by John_Toolbox

The "Match EQ" in logic is similar, but obviously only available inside logic.

Can you capture an external hardware eq snapshot with Match EQ like with Q-Clone?

Thanks!

[Justin1524]

You might consider upgrading your Platinum to Horizon while it's still on sale. When you login to Waves and choose "Upgrade" find all the plugins you already own that are already included in Horizon and check the radio buttons then see what the price is. You might be pleasantly surprised. Also, play with this a bit by unchecking a few because there is likely a cap on how low the price can go.

[John_Toolbox]

Originally Posted by audioluche

Can you capture an external hardware eq snapshot with Match EQ like with Q-Clone?

Thanks!

AFAIK, Match EQ does not have a way of sweeping a signal into an external EQ the way Q-clone does.. It requires an existing audio file to "learn" from. It does what it does very well though.

[winkelement]

Here you find a non-personalized 15% discount code from Waves if the plugin in question isn't available at Audiodeluxe for less:

http://www.waves.com/lpn/coupons/fb-15pc

[JCBigler]

Originally Posted by Justin1524

You might consider upgrading your Platinum to Horizon while it's still on sale.

Yeah. I don't have the cash to do the Horizon upgrade. Diamond will be on sale next month, and then again also in November. Hoping to upgrade to Diamond which will be a little less expensive than Horizon and has more plugs that I would use than Horizon does.

[mesaone]

Maybe take this one for a spin... http://www.meldaproduction.com/plugi...MAutoDynamicEq

EQ matching, among many other things. Download the trial, if it's to your liking then it's only $111.

[John_Toolbox]

Originally Posted by JCBigler

Yeah. I don't have the cash to do the Horizon upgrade. Diamond will be on sale next month, and then again also in November. Hoping to upgrade to Diamond which will be a little less expensive than Horizon and has more plugs that I would use than Horizon does.

Diamond includes Q-clone, so you might want to hold off if you know you will be upgrading.