6 free equalization plugins or 61 bands of fun

A few posts ago a post some eq guidelines. Here is 6 free eq plugins to heelp you with your tone shaping needs. This actually is a pretty thin area when iit comes to free plugins. I suppose eq is not the sexiest piece of digital kit and most host come with decent eq it as not as attract to develop. I wish a few virtual analog snyths would be replaced by eq’s. Oh, well. This is good stuff but if oddly enough there is not a lot choice when comes to free plugins emulating the vintage hardware eq units. You’ll have to pay for the good ones like that.

Nyquisteq is great eq plugin from Magnus at Smartelectronix. the name comes from being able to handle sound up to the Nyquist Frequency without the normal problems. It handles the low end well also and the gui is uncluttered which makes all 5 bands easy to use. it is the most transparent of the eq listed here.

Kjaerhus Classic Eq has a nice emulation of classic analog sound. It is not great when precision is needed but it is great for general eq tasks. Being in stereo lets you create some cool panning effects by splitting frequencies right and left. It looks and acts like a graphic eq unit you might find on a lot of consumer audio equipment so it should be easy to use and comfortable to most users.

The pariseq may not be that attractive but it sounds good and is easy to use. Unfortunately its developer’s site is gone but you can still download it here. This eq is well suited to being an “effect” as well a more typical uses for an eq.

Voxengo Span is a real time spectrum analyzer plugin. It can help you see whats going on with your sound. A useful tool in tandem with eq.

Overtone is another free equalization plugin from Voxengo. This again is made to really color the sound in a good way. It has a few more bell and whistle than the others.

KarmaFx equalizer is a 31 band graphic eq that you might like. Has some nice options to give you a lot of control while maintaining a a simple layout.

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