While we see a lot of classic hardware EQ designs revisited in plug-in form, it’s not often something new comes along.Sound Radix 32 Lives Crack is a fantastic transparent 32-bit to 64-bit Audio Unit and VST plug-ins. Released around three years ago, Sound Radix’s SurferEQ was a unique, lightbulb moment of a plug-in, offering a way to track the pitch of incoming audio and have your boosts and cuts move musically to it, without having to resort to programming time-consuming automation.
In practice, it worked well, but the pitch tracking could occasionally get caught out by complex phrases. Now Sound Radix is back with SurferEQ 2 an update that looks to build on the features and ideas of the first version. Sound radix surfereq review plus#Įssentially, you have a low pass and a high pass, plus five single bands, two of which can be switched to shelves. The specially developed, analogue-like algorithms have a great sound, even when pushed hard, although the Q slopes are a little shallow, so you won’t be using this for surgical EQ tasks. In addition, there’s a new harmonic filter with eight different types that can be used for picking out the fundamental and all of its related harmonics, or for exploring more extreme sound-design ideas. There’s also a new Spectral Gate feature that allows you to engage (or disengage) any of the bands when the input signal crosses a set threshold, offering more control over when each band is used. These excellent features aside, the most important function is the Surf button underneath each band. Switch this on, and the plug-in will track the pitch input of a monophonic source and that particular band will follow the incoming melody. There’s also a control to select the fundamental or its related harmonics, so you can quickly reshape the overall sound.Surfer EQ 2 setup is easy and straightforward download the installer from Sound Radix’ website, install, and authorize the plugin via iLok (Generation 2 or later).
Sound radix surfereq review trial#įor users who want to try before they buy, Surfer EQ 2 is also available with a limited trial (settings will not recall after reloading a project + occasional audio dropouts), and Sound Radix will provide a fully-functional 7 day trial upon request. Surfer EQ 2 installs as an Audio Unit, VST2, VST3, RTAS, and AAX plugin for usage in any DAW.
Opening the plugin for the first time reveals an interface which should feel familiar to anyone who’s used a parametric EQ before a large frequency analyzer spans the top half of the plugin, with individual band controls for Surfer EQ’s 5 asymmetrical, Q-coupled parametric bands and high pass and low pass filters. Each parametric band and filter have the standard controls you’d expect (Q/filter slope, gain, frequency) as well as one you might not: a ‘SURF’ button which switches Surfer EQ 2’s advanced functionality on or off.
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