How to optimize the dynamic EQ in FabFilter Pro-Q3
FabFilter Pro•Q3: https://www.fabfilter.com/products/pr...
Let's suppose we are giving the final touch to the bass group: we use an HPF to clean the low end, an LPF to clear any noise above the strings and a #dynamicEQ for a final dynamic control of the main area of the instrument.
Using the dynamic #EQ as a #compressor is easy, instead of lowering or raising the gain of the band we use the ring that is outside of it. Then increase the gain of the band to compensate for the volume lost by the compression. But as you see, no matter how much we lower the dynamic ring, the compressor will almost never reach the bottom of the violet area which means that the amount of GR (gain reduction) depends on the volume of each note: louder notes are more compressed and softer notes are less compressed.
In many cases it is useful to compress the same amount all the notes regardless of their level: click on the dots above the gain knob to bring up the threshold slider which we will lower until it is reached by all the notes, even the soft ones. Now use the dynamic ring again to control the amount of compression applied to the track. This way we reduce the dynamics keeping the musical intention by forcing the compressor to compress even the softest notes but at the same time putting a limit to the amount of compression so that the loudest notes are not as compressed as it would be expected from their higher level.
Likewise, if we want to control the string hit similar to how we would do with a deesser we just leave the mouse still for a moment inside the spectrum analyzer until the waveform changes color and shows yellow rectangles. If we lower those peaks with the mouse, they will create new bands that we can convert into dynamic EQs at exactly the positions of the peaks.
Now we have to replace the value of the gains with similar values in their dynamic rings. Reset GAIN to zero and reduce the dynamic ring instead. Now it is very possible that if we open the threshold slider we will see that it is not even remotely close to the loudest peaks so we have to adjust threshold until it is exceeded by the peaks created by the hits of the strings in the fretboard. As we said, in this case the gain is usually left at zero. Repeat the same on the other band if you created more than one.
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