How do you use EQuivocate? On what sources? and what are your favourite features? If you would like some free custom rock and metal drum samples and other goodies, grab them here: www.audioproductiontips.com/free-stuff
Marvelously explained. Had this particular plug-in sitting in my DAW for quite some time and I've just now realised the potential it has for mixing and mastering. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Actually, that is the same for me. I got it when it first came out. However, it was only when I was asked by a viewer to cover this that I realised what I had been missing!
Thanks for covering this plugin. Where can I find the song used in first 10 min. of video…it’s beautiful and I really want to hear the whole song and find out more about the artists. Thanks!
Excellent walk-through! Thank you very much. Would it be possible to zoom in to the app in future videos? I’m sure I’m not the only one watching this on a smart phone. 😊
From the last 2 examples you demonstrated (EQ matching, pad sidechain), doesn't it mean the Range and Amount(%) parameters are somewhat overlapping concepts? They both control the degree of EQing applied to the source, and both can go negative as well. Yes I understand Range can do more and think that if we have negative Amount (-100%), we don't even need negative Range at all, do we? i.e. -12dB = 12dB / -100%
Cool Plugin - Gonna try it out for sure. Thank you for a super great video. I'm on my way to watch your other videos but first! ... I'm gonna smash the subscribe and like buttons 🙂
The designer of these plug-ins has worked as a DSP engineer for Eventide for a number of years. Eventide are helping to promote it on their site and when it first came out I remember being sent emails about it from them. I don't remember it being Eventide branded on the actual plug-in though? But maybe in an even older incarnation?
dam this seems to be very smart plugin and it feels so organic, without 100 years of pushing nobs ^^ what I don't get is the side chain. did you side chain the pad with the pad? and look for the peaks and turn them down or how does it works to find the gabs ? thanks a lot
I feel so dumb. I've watched this several times and I still don't understand what is happening with changing the curves on the bands. (I get what you explained it's doing with the band filters.) I'm listening over Sennheiser 650 headphones out of my Apollo and I hear no change in the audio whatsoever. Is it really subtle? Even when you said you were doing it extreme I heard zero impact. So, are you're saying when you change the range to negative it should be boosting or cutting? Again, when you used the match feature I heard no change. But I'm also confused about the example with the pads group. So you created the sub group and placed EQuivocate on there, but the sidechain was routed to the exact same channel? Wouldn't it be analyzing that channel anyhow? On the two bus, you did similar, with sidechaining the whole mix bus and matching what it's hearing in the mix, correct? I don't know if you check these but I feel lost and the developer told me to watch this when I asked for help.
Hi Alex, No need to feel dumb we've all been there. Yes, by default when numbers are positive it is boosting and negative is cutting. The main point of the standard operating mode of the EQ is to be smoother and less "obvious" than a traditional EQ because their bands mirror our auditory system. The theory is that it should be less obvious that EQ is actually occurring. The fact that you can't hear the effect of it might be a testament to it working well? It certainly works well for "airy" boosts to the roof of our hearing. It is a little more obvious a difference at 12:47 though. Maybe listen there, I can hear that even on the MacBook pro speakers I am on now. When I am demonstrating the match EQ everything except the pads is being sent to the sidechain. Then I have inserted the EQ on a bus which only has the pads going to it. When you use the match EQ it is trying to make the source as close as possible to the frequency curve of the sidechain. When you turn the percentage to the negative, it is doing the opposite. Or in other words, it is emphasising what is different between the input signal and the sidechain. This stuff can get a bit more subtle, but essentially it is making the pads have a curve which is the opposite to the rest of the music. Meaning that where there is a lot of frequency content in the rest of the music, there is not as much in the pads. Where there is less frequency content in the music there will be more in the pads. This has the effect of making the pads "fill the remaining space", which is kind of why people like to use keyboard pads in the first place. Hope this helps. Pete
@@audioproductiontips It does help a bit. Thanks for the response. I'll keep listening and hopefully my ears will kick in. I've been trying to employ this thing for a while but never feel like I'm using it wisely.
How do you use EQuivocate? On what sources? and what are your favourite features?
If you would like some free custom rock and metal drum samples and other goodies, grab them here:
www.audioproductiontips.com/free-stuff
i guess Im kind of randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released series online?
@Ephraim Justice flixportal xD
@Maximo Augustus Thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it!!
@Ephraim Justice Glad I could help :D
Marvelously explained.
Had this particular plug-in sitting in my DAW for quite some time and I've just now realised the potential it has for mixing and mastering.
Thank you very much.
Thank you,
Actually, that is the same for me. I got it when it first came out. However, it was only when I was asked by a viewer to cover this that I realised what I had been missing!
Same! Had this sitting in my plugins folder and had no idea how awesome it is until today!
Got this last week as it was on sale, now I'm really looking forward to using it. That match EQ trick with the pads is brilliant, thank you!
what a beautiful song you just played through the tutorial..thanks for the info
Awesome video and the idea with filling out the gaps with negative match EQ is super cool, thanks !
Another great review-guide thank you so much, for bringing something that's rare these days, top quality stuff!!
Thanks George, that means a lot!
Good one... just got the bundle... your videos are great... and the track you are using superb! Thanks!😊
Excellent work...thank you for the insight!
Love the pad submix shaping with the learn / invert functions! Will check this out when able. Thanks for the great Newfangled tutorials!
Thanks Phillip!
@@audioproductiontips Cheers Pete!
Thanks for covering this plugin. Where can I find the song used in first 10 min. of video…it’s beautiful and I really want to hear the whole song and find out more about the artists. Thanks!
Thank you, this was well explained and really clear. I've just got the Mastering bundle, loving Elevate and now will start using Equivocate too :)
Great trick with the sidechain! Thanks for sharing
Cool song too. Very well presented explanation ✌️
Excellent walk-through!
Thank you very much.
Would it be possible to zoom in to the app in future videos?
I’m sure I’m not the only one watching this on a smart phone. 😊
From the last 2 examples you demonstrated (EQ matching, pad sidechain), doesn't it mean the Range and Amount(%) parameters are somewhat overlapping concepts? They both control the degree of EQing applied to the source, and both can go negative as well.
Yes I understand Range can do more and think that if we have negative Amount (-100%), we don't even need negative Range at all, do we? i.e. -12dB = 12dB / -100%
Cool Plugin - Gonna try it out for sure. Thank you for a super great video. I'm on my way to watch your other videos but first! ... I'm gonna smash the subscribe and like buttons 🙂
Just curious if you've ever used EQivocate with pink noise and what were your thoughts?
Hi. Nice video, great tip!
Super Informative
I have EQuivocate but it's Eventide branded. Did something change?
The designer of these plug-ins has worked as a DSP engineer for Eventide for a number of years.
Eventide are helping to promote it on their site and when it first came out I remember being sent emails about it from them. I don't remember it being Eventide branded on the actual plug-in though? But maybe in an even older incarnation?
dam this seems to be very smart plugin and it feels so organic, without 100 years of pushing nobs ^^ what I don't get is the side chain. did you side chain the pad with the pad? and look for the peaks and turn them down or how does it works to find the gabs ? thanks a lot
forget it I got it :D thanks
Great content. Subbed.
Thank you :)
I feel so dumb. I've watched this several times and I still don't understand what is happening with changing the curves on the bands. (I get what you explained it's doing with the band filters.) I'm listening over Sennheiser 650 headphones out of my Apollo and I hear no change in the audio whatsoever. Is it really subtle? Even when you said you were doing it extreme I heard zero impact. So, are you're saying when you change the range to negative it should be boosting or cutting? Again, when you used the match feature I heard no change. But I'm also confused about the example with the pads group. So you created the sub group and placed EQuivocate on there, but the sidechain was routed to the exact same channel? Wouldn't it be analyzing that channel anyhow? On the two bus, you did similar, with sidechaining the whole mix bus and matching what it's hearing in the mix, correct? I don't know if you check these but I feel lost and the developer told me to watch this when I asked for help.
Hi Alex,
No need to feel dumb we've all been there. Yes, by default when numbers are positive it is boosting and negative is cutting.
The main point of the standard operating mode of the EQ is to be smoother and less "obvious" than a traditional EQ because their bands mirror our auditory system. The theory is that it should be less obvious that EQ is actually occurring. The fact that you can't hear the effect of it might be a testament to it working well? It certainly works well for "airy" boosts to the roof of our hearing.
It is a little more obvious a difference at 12:47 though. Maybe listen there, I can hear that even on the MacBook pro speakers I am on now.
When I am demonstrating the match EQ everything except the pads is being sent to the sidechain. Then I have inserted the EQ on a bus which only has the pads going to it.
When you use the match EQ it is trying to make the source as close as possible to the frequency curve of the sidechain. When you turn the percentage to the negative, it is doing the opposite. Or in other words, it is emphasising what is different between the input signal and the sidechain.
This stuff can get a bit more subtle, but essentially it is making the pads have a curve which is the opposite to the rest of the music. Meaning that where there is a lot of frequency content in the rest of the music, there is not as much in the pads. Where there is less frequency content in the music there will be more in the pads. This has the effect of making the pads "fill the remaining space", which is kind of why people like to use keyboard pads in the first place.
Hope this helps.
Pete
@@audioproductiontips It does help a bit. Thanks for the response. I'll keep listening and hopefully my ears will kick in. I've been trying to employ this thing for a while but never feel like I'm using it wisely.