Red Rock Sound AQ550b v3.5.3 [WiN]

AQ550b 4-Band Equalizer
Based on Classic American EQ from the late '60s, the AQ550b is a continuation of the EQ
that played a major role in the history of music recording, but with an additional filter band
and several new frequencies. With a surprisingly wide range of tonal variations, the AQ550b
is an invaluable and professional audio tool with great flexibility and excellent sonic ability.

Rather than offer a huge assortment of complex features, the AQ550b provides exactly the
right number of controls. Its four EQ bands are overlapped significantly to aid in dual roles as
problem solver and sweetening device with each band offering seven switchable filter
frequencies that span four-to-five octaves. These frequencies, purposely selected to be
musical rather than numeric.

Making use of Proportional Q intuitively widens the filter bandwidth at minimal settings and
narrows it at higher settings without the need for additional bandwidth controls. This unique
feature minimizes the «phase-shift» sound found in many equalizers.

The AQ550b extends the features of the original hardware and joins the flexibility of the
digital world to the character of the analog processing. The AQ550b plugin designed from the
ground up for fast, efficient work on mid/side, stereo and the objects, the beds (fixed
channels) of immersive mixing environments.

Units
This module allows you to select an equalizer from four available. The equalizers are arranged in series, this allows you to process channels with different equalizers settings.
For example: the first EQ is only the mid channel, the second EQ is only the side channel, the third Eq is the left and right channel. For multi-channel modes: the first Eq is only the left and right channels, the second EQ is the center channel, the third EQ is the LFE, etc.

You can rename Unit Buttons for ease of use. To rename the selected Unit button, right-click on the button.

In order to turn on the solo (listen) of the equalizer, double-click on the selected equalizer number. The equalizer in solo mode glows yellow, to exit solo mode, double-click again. For two-channel modes, only one equalizer can be solo mode. For multi-channel modes, one or more equalizers can be soloed.
To bypass Eq processing, press the selected equalizer number one click + shift. In bypass mode, the button will glow red.

You can also copy all equalizer settings to another equalizer. To do this, select the equalizer from which you want to copy the settings, then click on the copy button, then select the equalizer to which you want to copy the settings.

Input Routing
Input Routing lets you choose between 44 common channel setups, starting from Stereo up to 7.1.4 and 9.1.6. Simply select in the input routing module the channel setup that fits your track.

You can also create your own input routing profiles. 16 independent channels are available.

Click on the edit button next to the input routing selection display. Hold down the shift button and select the desired number of channels. Name selected channels in order. Then click save and name the profile.

Channels Selection
In this module, you can select (activate) the channels that the equalizer (unit) will process.



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