EMI Mastering Pack : Q for elder pros !

[Aquarius]

HI,

Just a simple Q about the TG 12414 : in the "old" transfer age, how would that been helpful to split EQ's range ?
I mean, EQ could have LPF and HPF built in right from the beginning, no ?
What was the intention behind this design ? Why add a Presence along filters ???
Also, could you point out the different Eq shapes of its counterpart ? Blunt ?
Cheers,
A.

[crizdee]

Also, could you point out the different Eq shapes of its counterpart ? Blunt ?
Cheers,
A.

LOW= low shelfing. everything below the selected frequency is either boosted or cut
BLUNT= wide bell shape/que. centered at the selected frequency but also effects the surrounding frequencies.
MEDIUM= halfway between blunt and sharp
SHARP= narrow bell shape/que. effects mostly just the selected frequency and not too much of the surrounding frequencies.
HIGH= high shelfing. everything above the selected frequency is either boosted or cut.

Question 1? well i'm guessing something to do with everything be cut to vinyl in 1969 and mastering was still infant and it was looked as transfering with compensation EQ rather than full blown mastering that we know today!

Had another thought! i guess the engineers would have wanted something really clean and straight forward for transfering? something simplistic that wouldn't introduce too much noise etc, so having just filters and one EQ for sweetening would have kept the signal path really clean by not havinf 3-4 EQ's in the path that were not being used!! as these EQ's even when the level was flat would still be in the signal path etc.

Chris