User guide

CUEMIX FX
73
Vintage EQ Quick reference
Filter response display: Shows the response curve
for the current settings.
Vertical scale: Lets you zoom the vertical scale of
the filter response display.
Parameter display: Shows the precise numbers of
the parameter you are adjusting (or hovering over
with the arrow cursor). The labels (frequency, gain,
etc.) match the color of the filter being displayed.
When a filter handle is not selected and when the
cursor is not hovering over the display, the
parameter display shows the name of the current
channel being edited (the channel that currently
has the focus), as shown below:
Figure 10-11: When a filter handle is not selected and when the
cursor is not hovering over the display, the parameter display shows
the name of the current channel being edited (the channel that
currently has the focus).
EQ filter: one of five center bands of EQ that can be
independently enabled and programmed.
Filter type: Lets you choose from one of four or five
EQ styles for each independent band of EQ.
Low/High Pass filter: Both a low pass and high pass
filter are supplied with six different slope settings.
Slope: Lets you choose the slope (fall off) charac-
teristics of the low pass and high pass filter.
Q handle: Drag the Q handle lines to graphically
adjust the Q setting for the currently selected filter.
To select the filter, click its filter handle.
Filter handle: Drag this handle to graphically
adjust the filter’s boost/cut and/or frequency.
Composite curve (white line): shows the overall
response curve of the current settings in the
window.
Individual filter curve: Each filter has a color
(indicated by its knobs). When filter curves are
being displayed (the filter curve option is turned
on), each individual filter’s response curve is
displayed in the filter’s color.
Filter display options menu: Provides several
options for controlling the filter display.
Filter enable/disable: Turns the filter on or off.
How the vintage EQ works
The Vintage EQ operates like a standard EQ filter,
but with much more sophisticated processing
algorithms “under the hood”. There are five bands
of EQ, each with their own unique knob color, plus
additional low pass and high pass filters. Each filter
can be set to any center frequency you wish.
Each filter can be independently turned on or off
with the enable/disable button (Figure 10-10).
Each filter can be set to one of four different filter
types (I, II, III or IV). The two top-most filters
(orange and green) provide an extra low and high
shelf setting, in addition to the four standard band
settings. The additional low pass and high pass
filters (lower left) have gray cutoff frequency knobs
and six settings for slope (in octaves/dB).
Frequency response display
The frequency response display at the top of the
window displays the response curve of the current
settings in the window. The (horizontal) frequency
range is from 10 hertz to 20 KHz. The (vertical)
amplitude scale is in dB and is adjustable between 3
and 24 dB using the vertical scale buttons
(Figure 10-10).
The name of the
channel being
EQ’d.