MB Comp / DynEq on Chug Guitar

[Andy Gone]

Originally Posted by musicman691

Problem with the FF Pro-MB is not being able to get really narrow bands; you can only get so far so doing anything surgical is out of the question. And the limit is not the same across all bands; i.e. not a number like say 200 HZ across all but maybe 200HZ in a low band and 2KHz in a higher band. Depends where on the frequency spectrum you are. I know because i have it and have questioned FF about it. They say if you want narrower then to go to a dynamic EQ.

Luckily the HOFA IQ-EQ I have will do anything - regular EQ, dynamic EQ and multiband compression. Although the latter is a bit hairy to setup.

Yes, IQ-EQ is another very versatile one. I've recently got Waves F6, so I switched to it for almost every frequency-dependent dynamic tasks. Another interesting 'hybrid' plugin is Waves C6 which is effectively 4-band MB-comp plus two 'floating bands', and you can adjust the Q and side-chain there.