Eqium

EQ Plug-In

Users Guide

Version 2.0 Mac Windows VST / Audio Unit / RTAS

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Contents
Contents Welcome to Eqium How Eqium Works Installation About This Guide i 5 6 7 11

New Beginnings 13 One, two, EQ................................................................. 14 Advanced Editing and Features .................................... 15 Navigating Around Eqium 17 Filter Graph ................................................................... 18 Filters Area .................................................................... 22 Created Filters Area ...................................................... 22 Filter Parameters........................................................... 26 Active and Solo ............................................................. 32 Output Trim and Meters ................................................ 33 Workspaces .................................................................. 35 Load and Save .............................................................. 35 Details, details 37 Supported Sampling Rates ........................................... 37 Mono and Stereo........................................................... 38 Harmonic Para-what? ................................................... 38 Presets .......................................................................... 39 Hidden Features 41 Single Parameter Adjustment In Filter Graph................ 41

About Box/Modifier Key List .......................................... 41 Modifier Keys 43

Appendix 45 Alphabetical Listing of Presets ...................................... 45 Index 47

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Welcome to Eqium
Congratulations! You have purchased Elemental Audio Systems unlimited bands equalizer plug-in, Eqium. Since Eqium is a plug-in, you gain access to its functionality via your favorite audio processing or editing software. Once properly installed, both mono and stereo versions of Eqium will be accessible via the appropriate menu item, often labeled Plug-Ins or Effects, in your chosen software application. Eqium is an amazingly flexible equalizer that allows you to construct a virtually infinite number of EQs using an unsurpassed variety of filter types. Develop an EQ curve with exactly the number of bands you need using one of 11 filter types. Choose from traditional filters like high/low shelf and parametric or specialty filters like harmonic parametric and notch. Each filter offers a range of parameters for adjustment. Eqiums versatility doesnt end with the selection of filters it offers. Place your filter where desired by dragging directly in the filter graph or by using sliders. Make precise changes to your filters parameters using the arrow controls. Apply different filter settings or completely different filters to each channel. Activate or inactivate filters on the fly or solo an individual filter to hear only its effect. Of course, only enabled filters use your processing power. Two workspaces allow you to create and compare changes to your EQ to zero in on the ideal settings for your mix. Boost or cut your signal by +/- 18 dB. Zoom in on the filter graph to see changes as small as 1/10th (0.01) dB. Save and load settings that will be available to you in any host. Eqium supports sampling rates up to 192 kHz. No other EQ on the market offers this level of freedom and versatility. Eqium truly puts you in charge of your EQ. Enjoy!

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How Eqium Works

Traditional analog EQs can require any number of components to build an EQ with a fixed number of bands. Since these components cost money, the price of the EQ is highly dependent on the quantity and quality of the components (and of course, whose name is on the box). Designers of analog devices seek to find the ideal balance between quantity/quality and price. At the same time, they must ensure a design is not overly complex or unreasonably cumbersome to use. It does the average user little good to have a great EQ if it is too heavy, too bulky, or just has too many controls to use. This places a hard limit on the amount of flexibility and functionality that can be built into hardware EQs. Software EQs, on the other hand, can be almost as flexible as the designers imagination. They need not impose, nor succumb to, the limitations of hardware EQs. In contrast to the fixed number of bands found on hardware EQs, a software EQ can allow the creation of as many bands as needed without any extra cost to the user beyond CPU cycles and memory. The number of bands need not be fixed, determined by number of components, but may be flexible, determined and changed by the user as needed. This EQ design makes the best use of the two limiting factors for a software application: processing power and memory. This is Eqium. Eqium models a variety of filters and EQs, allowing the user to create as many as needed at any given moment. Want a ten band EQ? Create it. Used all ten and now need just one more? Create it. Need eighteen bands of parametric EQ, a low pass filter and a high-shelf? Create it. There is no need to know beforehand what your EQ needs are or how many bands you will need. Eqium adjusts to each users needs and styles however varied they may be. Thats EQ your way every time.

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Minimum System Requirements
Check the installation instructions below for system requirements specific to the plug-in format(s) you will be using.

Installing Eqium
Installing Eqium is quick and painless. Read the section below for the version of Eqium you would like to install. If you downloaded your version of Eqium and it is in a compressed format (.sit, .hqx, .tgz, .zip) you must first decompress the file using the appropriate utility. If a disk image file (.img, or .dmg) is included in the package, double click the file to mount the disk image then proceed to the appropriate section below.

AudioUnit
System Requirements: PowerPC G4 or higher processor Mac OS X v10.2 or higher, required Audio Unit compatible host application

You will probably want to uninstall the Eqium demo from your computer before proceeding with the installation of the full version. To uninstall the demo, use the uninstaller (see Uninstalling Eqium) or locate and remove the Eqium Demo.component file from your computer. By default, this component is installed to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components. Instructions Once you have uninstalled the demo, double click the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation. If an installer was not provided, please consult the release notes for more detailed installation instructions.

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By default, the Audio Unit will be installed to the ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components folder (under your home directory). Documentation is installed to the Elemental Audio Systems folder in your home folder (~/Elemental Audio Systems).

VST
You should uninstall the Eqium demo from your computer before proceeding with the installation of the full version. Having the demo and full version both installed confuses some VST hosts. To uninstall the demo, use the uninstaller (see Uninstalling Eqium) or locate and remove the Eqium Demo file from your computer. By default, this file is installed to ~/ Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST. Mac OS X System Requirements:

PowerPC G4 or higher processor Mac OS X v10.1 or higher, required VST compatible host application

Instructions Once you have uninstalled the demo, double click the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation. If an installer was not provided, please consult the release notes for more detailed installation instructions. By default, the VST plug-in will be installed to the ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST folder (under your home directory). Documentation is installed to the Elemental Audio Systems folder in your home folder (~/Elemental Audio Systems). Windows System Requirements:

Pentium 3 or similar processor Windows 98/ME, 2000,XP VST compatible host application

You should uninstall the Eqium demo from your computer before proceeding with the installation of the full version. Having the demo and full version both installed confuses some VST hosts. To uninstall the demo, use Add/Remove Programs under the Windows Control Panel. Once you have uninstalled the demo, double click the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation of the full version.

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RTAS
Mac OS X System Requirements:

PowerPC G4 Mac OS X v10.2 or higher, required Pro Tools 6 and Digidesign approved system

If you have installed the demo version, you should uninstall it before installing the full version. To uninstall the demo, use the uninstaller (see Uninstalling Eqium) or remove the demo from your Pro Tools plug-ins folder. Once you have uninstalled the demo, double click the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation of the full version. Windows System Requirements:

Windows XP Pro Tools 6.1 and Digidesign approved system

If you have installed the demo version, you should uninstall it before installing the full version. To uninstall the demo, use Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel. Once you have uninstalled the demo, double click the installer and follow the prompts to complete installation of the full version.

Uninstalling Eqium
AudioUnit
Use the uninstaller that was installed to ~/Library/Logs.

VST
Mac OS X Use the uninstaller that was installed to ~/Library/Logs.

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Windows Use Add/Remove Programs under the Windows Control Panel to uninstall Eqium.

RTAS
Mac OS X Use the uninstaller that was installed to ~/Library/Logs. Windows Use Add/Remove Programs under the Windows Control Panel to uninstall Eqium.

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About This Guide

This Users Guide is designed to get you up and running quickly with your software - providing all you need to know about how to use your plug-in. The first section, New Beginnings, is designed to quickly get you using Eqium to create an EQ. The second section, Navigating Around Eqium, gives you a thorough tour of the Eqium interface. Here you will become familiar with all of the tools that make up Eqium and the functionality each tool provides. The sections that follow give you the detail you need to realize the full potential of Eqium. While Eqium is designed to be very intuitive to use, we suggest you read this entire guide to ensure you are utilizing Eqium to its fullest. This guide is written for both Macintosh and Windows versions of Eqium. Where a difference in functionality exists between the two operating systems, the following notation applies: MAC [WIN]. That is, the Windows specific command or function is placed in brackets and follows the Macintosh specific command. For example, if you gain access to certain functionality by pressing the Command (CMD) key on the Macintosh and the Control (CTRL) key on Windows, this would be written as CMD [CTRL]. A list of all modifier keys used appears near the end of this guide. Note: Look in boxes like this one for cautions, tips or other information you should be sure to take note of. Gray alert boxes, like the one shown above, appear throughout the text of this manual. These boxes bring special concerns or tips to your attention. The title of the alert box indicates its intent. You may see alert boxes with the following titles: Caution: Warns of potential damage to your hardware, software, audio, or ears Note: Important notes or considerations regarding the functionality of Eqium Tip: Ideas or suggestions for using Eqium

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Setup
Ensure Eqium is properly installed into the appropriate location for your chosen audio processing application (host application or host). Launch your host application and open an audio file. Start Eqium by accessing it through the appropriate menu item check Effects or Plug-Ins or the documentation for your host application. See Installation earlier in this manual if you have not gone through the installation procedure or if you have trouble accessing your plug-in.

Quick Start
This section provides the information you need to get up and running quickly with Eqium. Boxes with a gray outline appear throughout this section. These boxes offer suggestions for testing out different aspects of Eqiums functionality. After reading this section, you will have been exposed to most of the features you will use to create an EQ. However, it is still recommended that you read this entire manual to ensure you are using Eqium to its fullest. For greater detail on any portion of Eqiums functionality, please consult the appropriate area found later in this guide. Now launch Eqium as specified in Setup, above, and follow along. Note: To help you become familiar with all the features Eqium offers, this Quick Start section walks you through the stereo version of Eqium. The stereo version offers some functionality that is unavailable in the mono version. To learn about the differences between the stereo and mono versions, please see Details, details: Mono and Stereo.

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One, two, EQ
For your convenience, when Eqium is launched, three commonly used filters are created for you. The following steps do not utilize these default filters but rather, illustrate how to create a filter from scratch. After completing these steps, you will have enough information to modify the default filters or create filters as you desire.
1. Choose a Filter Type

The FILTERS area is located to the left side of the Eqium interface. This is the area you use to create a filter. Each button contains the name of a type of filter - press a button to create a filter of that type. When you create a filter, it appears, and is automatically selected, in the Created Filters area below. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Filters Area, and Navigating Around Eqium: Created Filters Area.

Press a button in the FILTERS area to create a filter.

2. Choose an Editing Method

There are two ways to modify filters in your EQ. You may change a filters parameters using sliders/faders, arrows and buttons or by positioning the filter in the filter graph. Controls to edit the selected filters parameters appear in the Filter Parameters area located to the right of the Created Filters area. A filters frequency and gain (if applicable) may be edited by dragging the filters handle in the filter graph. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Graph and Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Parameters.

Drag in the filter graph to adjust your filter. Next try modifying your filter using the sliders and arrow controls.

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Advanced Editing and Features

Working With Channels Individually By default, filters you create apply to both channels. However, filters may be separated so you can apply different settings or different filters to each channel. Click on the arrows to separate a filter. When a filter is separated, you may select each channel and modify its parameters in the same manner as you did when the filters were not separated. The blue arrow corresponds to the left channel, the red arrow to the right channel. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Created Filters Area.

Separate a filters channels by clicking on the red and blue arrows. Now edit the separated channels by dragging the handles in the filter graph or using the controls in the Filter Parameters area.

Customizing the Filter Graph Use the controls located at the bottom and right of the filter graph to determine how and what information is displayed in the filter graph. For example, use HANDLES to toggle the display of the filter handles. Use the zoom controls at the right of the filter graph to select your zoom level. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Graph: Filter Graph Customization. Boosting the Output Use the output gain fader, located to the bottom right of the Eqium interface, to boost or cut your output audio. The current level is displayed in the readout at the bottom of the fader. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Meters and Output Trim. Workspaces There are two workspaces available in Eqium so you can easily compare different EQs. When Eqium starts you are, by default, using workspace A. Use the A and B buttons, located at

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the bottom of the Eqium interface, to switch between workspaces. Copy your current EQ to the other, inactive, workspace using the CPY button. Use CLR to clear your workspace. Clearing your workspace deletes all filters you have created and resets the gain fader. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Workspaces. Loading Settings Use the integrated LOAD and SAVE to save an EQ to a file and easily load it again later using Eqium in any host. You can add saved settings to your current EQ by holding down OPTION [SHIFT] while clicking on the LOAD button. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: SAVE and LOAD. Customizing the Spectral Display Use the controls located in the SHOW section at the bottom of Eqiums interface to customize the spectral display. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Show. Loading Settings Use the integrated LOAD and SAVE to save an EQ to a file and easily load it again in any host. Also see Navigating Around Eqium: Load and Save.

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This section explores every facet of the Eqium interface, providing an in-depth look at the functionality each area provides. Consult this area of the users guide if you have any questions about the operation of any portion of Eqiums user interface. Of course, we do recommend reading this section through at least once to ensure you are getting the most from your plug-in.

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Filter Graph
The Filter Graph, which occupies the bulk of the Eqium window, is an interactive visualization of your EQ. When a filter is created, it automatically appears in the Filter Graph. Each filter has a cross bar, or handle, that you may use to position the filter, changing its frequency and gain (if applicable). Each filters handle is positioned at the frequency, center or cutoff, and gain of the filter. The identifying number, and handler letter, if applicable, associated with each filter appears to the bottom, right of its handle.

Filter Display & Editing

When you create an EQ with Eqium, the combined filter response, that is, the combined effect of all your active filters, has a purple fill. The curve displayed always shows the true frequency response of your filters and EQ. Portions of the response that apply only to the left channel have a blue fill. Areas that apply only to the right channel have a red fill. Tip: You dont need to have the cursor directly over the handle to move the currently selected filter. The currently selected filter will be moved whenever you click and drag in the plot and are not within range of another filter.

The curve of the currently selected filter is outlined in white. If you pass the cursor over or near the handle of a filter, its filter curve will be highlighted in yellow. Click and drag in the filter graph when a filters curve is highlighted in yellow to move that filter. This highlighting is especially useful when editing a complex EQ using the filter graph. You can turn off the white outline of the selected filter and the display of filter handles - see Filter Graph Customization later in this section.

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Tip: Holding down SHIFT [SHIFT] while dragging a filter allows you to adjust only the filters gain. Hold down CMD [CTRL+SHIFT] to adjust only the filters frequency.

Handles for inactive filters do not appear in the filter graph. However, selecting the filter will outline its filter curve, if highlighting of the selected filter is enabled, allowing you to reposition it through the filter graph or through the parameters area (see Filter Graph Customization: Selected later in this section). Of course, your changes will not be audible unless the filter is enabled or soloed (see Active and Solo).

Filter Readout
For your convenience, when a filter is highlighted, its identifying number and type are displayed in the upper right corner of the filter graph, the Filter Readout area. Use this area to quickly locate a particular filter.

Cursor Readout
When you move the cursor in the filter graph area, the frequency and gain corresponding to the cursors position appear in the upper left corner of the filter graph. This Cursor Readout area can be used to precisely place your filters when dragging them into position.

Scale
Eqiums plot displays frequency logarithmically and gain linearly. The frequency scale appears along the bottom of the filter graph, the x-axis. The gain scale appears along the left side of the filter graph, the y-axis. You can turn off the display of the x- and y-axis labels see Filter Graph Customization: LABELS later in this section.

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Filter Graph Customization

The appearance of filters and the filter graph are easily customized using the buttons located at the bottom of the Filter Graph area. These filter graph customization buttons operate independently and thus, you may have any combination of them on at a time. A description of these buttons and the functionality each provides is below. SELECTED. Turn this button on to have the selected filters curve outlined in white in the filter graph. The currently selected filters handle, and curve are visible when SELECTED is on. SELECTED is on by default. HANDLES. Turn on HANDLES to see the handles and identifying numbers for active filters. Alternatively, you may turn this button off for more clarity in a complex EQ. The handle of the currently selected filter is still visible when HANDLES is off. Disable SELECTED (see above) to turn off the display of the selected filters handle. HANDLES is on by default. LABELS. When on, frequency and gain labels appear along the x- and y-axis, respectively. LABELS are on by default. FILL. When on, areas common to both the left and right channels are shaded purple. Areas that apply only to the left channel are shaded blue. Areas that apply only to the right channel are shaded red. In all of these cases the filter curve is outlined in black. Note: Disable FILL for smoother automation handling.

Drawing the plot when FILL is enabled can be graphics and processor intensive. To limit processor load when receiving/reading automation data, Eqium throttles its screen updates (times it will draw to the screen). As such, filter movement during automation playback may appear choppy. Rest assured that only the graphics are affected by this drawing limitation - parameter changes are made as soon as they are received from your host. For smoother automation playback, disable FILL. When FILL is disabled, screen updates will be more frequent and automation playback will be smoother. If FILL is disabled, there is no shading in the plot. If you have split filters, the filter curves are colored based on the channel to which they apply (i.e. blue for left channel;

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red for right channel). If you have not split any filters, the entire filter curve is light purple. FILL is disabled by default.

Zoom
Zoom selectors are located along the lower right side of the filter graph area. Your selection here determines how much detail is visible in the filter graph. Choose a selector to set the level of detail visible. The frequencies visible in the filter graph are not affected by your zoom selections. Only one selector may be active at any time.
Zoom in. Clicking this button allows you to see gain changes as small as 1/10th dB. Gain axis reads from 9 dB to +9 dB.

No zoom. Default/Normal mode. Gain axis reads from 24 dB to +24 dB.

Zoom out. Clicking this button allows you to visualize filters that have large gain deviations. Gain axis reads from 80 dB to +30 dB.

Note: A filters handle may become inaccessible after zooming in. Switch to a different zoom level or select the filter through the Created Filters area and adjust its gain through the Parameters area to make the handle accessible again.

Because each filters handle is positioned at its frequency and gain, handles may become inaccessible when you zoom in. If a filters handle is no longer accessible, you may still edit the filter by selecting it in the Created Filters Area and using the controls in the Parameters Area. You may also select the filter through the Created Filters Area and drag in the filter graph as usual the selected filter is moved by default if the cursor is not over another filter. Alternatively, switch to another zoom setting (no zoom or zoom out) so the handle is visible again.

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Filters Area
The FILTERS area, located to the top left side of the Eqium window, gives you access to all of the filter types you may create with Eqium. Simply click on a filter name to create a filter of that type. When you create a filter, it appears, and is automatically selected, in the Created Filters section located immediately below the FILTERS area. The new filter is also outlined in the filter graph so you may easily edit it (you may turn off this option - see Filter Graph). You can create the following types of filters: parametric, two types of low/high shelf, low/high pass, band-pass, notch, and 4 and 8 harmonic parametric.

Created Filters Area

The Created Filters area is located on the left side of the Eqium interface, below the FILTERS area. This section maintains a list of all the filters you have created, allowing you to see a variety of information about your EQ at a glance. The Created Filters area should be read in a horizontal fashion; information pertaining to a particular filter appears in a single horizontal row. The Created Filters area allows you to view eight filters at once. Use the arrow buttons, located at the bottom of this area, to see filters that are out of view. At the bottom left of the Created Filters area are two numbers separated by a forward slash, /. The first number is the number of active filters in your EQ. The second number is the total number of filters in your EQ. Click on either number to make the currently selected filter visible in the Created Filter list.

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Selecting A Filter
While you may click on a filters name/type, identifying number, gain, or frequency to select it, we recommend you click on the filter type to avoid mistakenly disabling or separating your filters. Selecting a filter highlights it in the Created Filters area and outlines it in the filter graph (if this option is on, see Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Graph: Filter Graph Customization: Selected). When a filter is selected, controls to edit all of its parameters are displayed in the Filter Parameters area (see Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Parameters).

Headings
Several headings help to clarify the information you see in the Created Filters Area. Clicking on a heading will sort your filters with respect to that parameter. For example, click on Fc to sort your filters from lowest frequency to highest. To reduce confusion, filters are not automatically re-sorted each time they are adjusted. However, your filter list will be re-sorted according to the last sort method used when you switch workspaces or load settings. The headings that appear along the top of the Created Filters area are explained below. #. The identifier, or number, associated with the filter. Each filter is automatically assigned a number when it is created. The identifying number of a filter cannot be changed. Click on this heading to sort your filters from highest number to lowest. C. In the stereo version of Eqium, this column indicates the channel(s) the filter applies to. You will interact with this column to apply separate filters to each channel. When filters are created in the stereo version of Eqium, by default, they apply to both channels. You may, however, apply different filter settings to each channel or disable or completely delete a filter on a given channel. When a filter is created and is listed in the Created Filters area, two small arrows, , appear under the C heading. The red arrow corresponds to the right channel and the blue arrow corresponds to the left. When you initially create a filter, these arrows are next to each other on one line. Note: The mono version of Eqium operates on one audio channel. As such, channel splitting is unavailable and the channel selection arrows, , are absent.

To edit each channel individually, separate the channels by clicking on the arrows. The arrows will separate and the filter will expand to two lines. When the channels are

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separated the top line contains the blue arrow and information for the filter on the left channel. The second line contains the red arrow and information for the filter that is on the right channel. Now you may select each channel individually to edit using the filter graph or the controls provided in the Filter Parameters area. Note: To re-apply a separated filters settings to both channels, OPTION [CTRL] click on the arrow of the filter whose settings you want applied to both channels.

To recombine separated filters and apply the settings of one channel to both, OPTION [CTRL] click on the red or blue channel arrow of the filter whose settings you want applied to both channels. If you have deleted a filter from one channel but would like to apply the filter to both channels, OPTION [CTRL] click on the filters channel arrow. Your filter will be duplicated and applied to both channels. The resultant filters will appear collapsed as when a filter is initially created. Click on the C heading to sort your filters by channel. Those filters that have not been separated and are being applied to both channels will be first, followed by filters on the left channel and finally, by filters only on the right channel. . Indicates whether the filter is active or inactive. A depressed, filled white circle appearing in this column indicates that the given filter is active. A non-depressed, unfilled circle indicates that the filter is inactive or disabled. Click on the white circle to toggle the filter state between active and inactive. Only active filters use processing power. Click on this heading to have enabled filters appear first in the Created Filters list. An exclamation point appears in this field, and the filter is disabled, if the filters frequency is not valid for the current sampling rate. This may occur if you switch to a sampling rate below 44.1 kHz. See Details, details: Supported Sampling Rates for more detail on this. Fc. The frequency you have specified for the filter appears here. The frequency may be adjusted using the controls in the Filter Parameters area or by dragging a filters

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handles in the filter graph. Clicking on the Fc heading will sort your filters from lowest frequency to highest. G. The gain you have specified for your filter appears here. The gain may be adjusted using the controls in the Filter Parameters area or by dragging a filters handles in the filter graph. The gain parameter does not apply to all filters. When gain does not apply, a hyphen/dash appears in this area. Click on the G heading to sort your filters from lowest gain to highest. TYPE. This field indicates the type of the filter. Click on this heading to sort your filters by type. H. The Filter Handler, if any, that is associated with the filter (See Navigating Around Eqium: Filter Parameters: Filter Handlers).

Deleting A Filter
The delete button can be found at the bottom right corner of the Filter Parameters area. Use this button to delete the currently selected filter. Separated filters may be deleted on a per channel basis.

Filter Parameters
The Filter Parameters (Parameters) area is located below the filter graph, directly to the right of the Created Filters area. Use this area to modify any of the parameters associated with a filter. While you may use the filter graph to change a filters frequency, and often its gain, other parameters may only be edited through the Filter Parameters area. The top of the Filter Parameters area contains the identifying number and type of the currently selected filter. Controls to adjust the indicated filters parameters appear below. The number and type of controls that appear in the Filter Parameters area depends on the type

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of filter selected. See the chart at the end of this section for a list of the parameters you may adjust for each filter. Parameters are primarily controlled using sliders or by dragging directly in the filter graph. Sliders allow you to quickly make large changes in a value. Hold down SHIFT [SHIFT] and click on a slider to reset the parameter to its default value. To the right of each slider is a numerical display of that parameters current value. The two arrow buttons adjacent to the numerical display allow you to make minute changes in a value. For example, you can use the arrow buttons to adjust the frequency by as little as 1 Hz and the gain by as little as one-tenth (0.1) dB. Press the right arrow to increase, or the left arrow to decrease, a parameters value. Tip: The arrow controls offer the greatest resolution; use them when you want to make very fine adjustments to a value.

Tip: Modifying a filter by moving it in the filter graph allows you to make smaller adjustments than you will achieve with the sliders.

Tip: Higher zoom levels offer greater gain resolution, allowing you to reach values unavailable at lower zoom levels. If you are editing through the filter graph and want two filters to have identical gain values, you should edit them under the same zoom setting.

Some specialty filters make use of additional controls. The parameters available for modification, and any special controls used to modify them, appear in the chart on the following page.

Locking Filter Parameters

To avoid mistakenly adjusting a parameter, for example, when editing a filter through the Filter Graph, you can lock the parameter. Locking a parameter makes it uneditable through the Filter Graph or the Filter Parameters area. To lock a filter parameter, click

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the small white unlocked control located to the left of the parameters name in the Parameters area. When you lock a filter parameter, the white unlocked control changes to an orange locked control and the parameters controls are greyed out in the Parameters area. If you attempt to edit a filter through the Filter Graph for which the gain or frequency has been locked, the locked parameters value is highlighted in the Cursor Readout area. Note that locking a parameter only renders it uneditable through the Eqium user interface. Locked parameters are still adjusted when Eqium receives external parameter changes, for example when a parameter is being automated through your host. Note: Locked automation. parameters still respond to

Filter Handlers
In addition to adjusting parameters directly through the Eqium user interface, you can control Eqiums parameters through your host by sending automated parameter changes (automation). Because it does not follow the traditional EQ paradigm of a fixed number of bands and filters, Eqium requires a non-traditional approach to exposing parameters externally - thus the birth of Filter Handlers. Filter Handlers were designed to abide by the restrictions placed on plug-in parameters that are exposed to a host (generally these parameters cannot be dynamic) while not limiting or interfering with the flexibility Eqium provides. Filter Handlers and Handler Controls A Filter Handler, or Handler, is used to map the external representation of a filter, as seen through your host, to an actual filter you have created within Eqium. You can think of a Handler as a controller or a way of controlling a filter you have created in Eqium. Eqium provides ten Handlers, allowing you to control up to ten filters. Because Handlers are not tightly coupled to a particular filter they may be dynamically configured at any time. For example, Handlers give you the ability to switch, with the click of a button, the filter to which automation data you have written will apply. Also, Handlers allow you to determine, and change at any time, which filters you will automate. A Handler is associated with a filter using a Handler Button Control, or Handler Control. By depressing a Handler Control, you make the association between a Handler and the

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filter it will control. Generally, there is no need to differentiate between a Handler and a Handler Control - you can consider them one and the same. However, in this guide, Handler Control is used to refer to the actual buttons you press to assign a Handler to a filter. To avoid confusion with filter numbers, Filter Handlers (and thus Handler Controls) are labeled alphabetically from A, i.e. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J. Handler Controls are located at the bottom of the Filter Parameters area. Associating a Handler With a Filter By default, when a filter is created, it is associated with the next available Filter Handler. When a Handler is associated with a filter other than the selected, the corresponding Handler Control is depressed. If a Handler applies to the selected filter the Handler Control is depressed and highlighted. If the Handler is not yet associated with a filter, the Handler Control is neither depressed nor highlighted. A Handler may apply to only one filter at a given time. To associate a Handler with the selected filter, simply click on a Handler Control. To prevent accidentally disassociating a Handler, if a Handler is already associated with a filter, clicking on the Handler Control will not perform any action. To force an association in such a case, hold down the modifier key OPTION [CTRL] while clicking on the Handler Control. Note that performing this action will disassociate the Handler from the filter with which it is currently associated and re-associate it with the selected filter. Tip: Both the filter number and Handler letter, if applicable, are displayed in the Filter Graph.

Tip: After associating a Handler with a filter, you will control the filters parameters using the corresponding Handler parameters visible through your host.

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Handler Parameters Because of Eqiums dynamic nature and limitations in the way hosts deal with plug-in parameters, all Filter Handlers expose exactly three parameters: Frequency, Gain, and Shape, each with a default range. Frequency and Gain correspond to, well, frequency and gain. Shape is a polymorphic parameter and is equivalent to Bandwidth, Q, or Slope - whichever applies to the filter you have associated with the Handler. Depending on the type of filter, some of the exposed Handler parameters may be invalid and, as such, have no effect. For example, gain is not a valid parameter for a High Pass filter. If you associated Handler A with a High Pass filter, you will still see and be able to access frequency, gain, and shape for Handler A through your host. While you could configure automation for any and all of these parameters, only frequency and shape would have any effect when the Handler is associated with a high pass filter. In a similar manner, the range of a given parameter may not be entirely applicable to the associated filter. For all Handlers, Frequency has a range of 16 Hz to 20k Hz, Gain -18 dB to +18 dB, and Shape, 0 to 1. With the exception of Shape, these ranges are not valid for all of the filters you might create with Eqium. As an example, the valid frequency range for a low shelf filter is 16 Hz to 1k Hz; for a parametric it is 16 Hz to 20k Hz. In either case, you will be able to make the Handler Frequency parameter travel from 16 Hz to 20k Hz through your host, however, in the case of the low shelf filter, frequency values above 1k Hz would be ignored by Eqium. Now, recall that the Handler Shape parameter may represent Q, Bandwidth, or Slope. The ranges of these parameters varies significantly. To meet the needs of any filter you decide to attach to a Handler, the Shape parameter range has been generalized to a range of 0 to 1. For this reason, the Handler Shape parameter range and value, as seen from your host, will not correspond to the range and value you see on the Eqium interface (as it does for the Frequency and Gain parameters). You still, however, have access to the complete range of each parameter that Shape may represent. In all cases, the minimum possible value of the parameter Shape corresponds to will be mapped to zero and the maximum value will be mapped to 1. Of course, if you write automation for the Handler Shape parameter using the Eqium interface as opposed to directly through you host, you will not have to consider this difference. The parameters Eqium exposes externally for automation through your host are named based on the Handler to which they correspond. For example, the parameters corresponding to Handler C are labeled: C: Frequency, C: Gain, and C: Shape. After associating a Handler with a filter, you will control the filters parameters using the corresponding Handler parameters, as seen through your host. For example, if you associate a parametric filter with Handler A, to control that parametric filter from your

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host, you would access A: Frequency, A: Gain, and A: Shape, where Shape, in this case would correspond to bandwidth. Steps to Automating A Filter Automating a filter in Eqium is a simple matter. Follow the steps below to configure a filter in Eqium for automation. These steps are meant as a general guide and are not specific to a particular host. If you need details on performing automation tasks in your host, you should consult your hosts documentation.
1. Create your filters. 2. If a filter you wish to automate is not already assigned to a filter handler, assign the filter to a Filter Handler by pressing a Handler Control (the Handler Controls are located at the bottom of the Filter Parameters area). Because filters are assigned to the next available filter handler by default, you may not need to complete this step. 3. Go to the appropriate area of your host to view/write plug-in automation. 4. If necessary, select a parameter for automation (e.g. A: Frequency, the frequency parameter of Handler A). 5. Write automation for the control you selected (through Eqium or your host). 6. Configure your host to send the automation data you wrote to Eqium (i.e. have Eqium read your automation data). 7. You should see and hear Eqium responding to the automation data you wrote when you play the appropriate section of audio. If you do not see Eqium responding to automation, ensure that the Handler whose parameter you are automating is associated with a filter (i.e. the Handler Control should be depressed and/or highlighted).

Dynamic Handlers By now, you know all the steps you need to automate Eqiums filters - but, dont forget that Handlers are dynamic and can be re-assigned at will. For example, if you automated a parametric filter and youd like to instead use that automation to control a harmonic parametric filter, you can do so. Simply re-assign the Handler you assigned to the

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parametric to a harmonic parametric. The automation you wrote for the parametric will now be controlling your harmonic parametric - all with just a click of a button.

Tip: Hold down SHIFT [SHIFT] while dragging up/ down in the Filter graph to adjust only a filters gain.

Tip: Hold down CMD [CTRL+SHIFT] while dragging left/right in the Filter graph to adjust only a filters frequency.

Tip: Hold down OPTION [CTRL] while dragging up/down in the Filter graph to adjust a filters Q, bandwidth, or slope.

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Filter Types
Parametric Low and High Shelf

Available Parameters
Bandwidth; Center frequency; Gain Bandwidth; Cutoff frequency; Gain Low shelf has maximum frequency of 1k High shelf has minimum frequency of 1k Bandwidth; Cutoff frequency; Gain Low shelf has maximum frequency of 1k High shelf has minimum frequency of 1k Bandwidth; Cutoff frequency Bandwidth; Center frequency Bandwidth; Center frequency Bandwidth; Center frequency; Gain FUND. EVEN. ODD. Toggle these buttons to suppress or enable the filters fundamental, even harmonics and odd harmonics, respectively. Any combination of these may be active at a given time. Choose from these buttons to have your filters fundamental and harmonics have a constant, decreasing, or increasing gain. Only one of these selections may be active at a time.

Low and High Shelf 2 Low and High Pass Band-Pass Notch (a.k.a. Band-Reject)

4 and 8 Harmonic Parametric

Active and Solo

The ACTIVE and SOLO buttons are located to the top right of the Filter Parameters area. Press the ACTIVE button to make the selected filter active or inactive. Only active filters put a drain on your CPU. Press the SOLO button to only hear the effect the selected filter has on your audio. SOLO is automatically turned off when another filter is selected.

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Output Trim and Meters

To the right of the Filter Parameters area you will find the stereo output trim faders and stereo output peak and hold meters.

Stereo Output Trim Faders

The output trim faders allow you to attenuate each channel of your output signal by 24 dB or amplify with a gain of +24 dB. Use the output trim faders to offset the volume of your output audio if you are boosting or cutting your signal to an extreme. The current setting for both meters appears below the faders. L indicates the reading for the left output trim fader; R indicates the reading for the right output trim fader. If you are using the mono version of Eqium, there is only one output trim fader. Note: There is only one output trim fader when you are using the mono version of Eqium or Eqium is in mono mode.

Resetting the Output Trim Press SHIFT [SHIFT] then click on the output trim fader to reset the fader to zero. If the output trim faders are linked (see below), both faders are reset. When not linked, only the fader you click on is reset. Linking the Stereo Output Trim Faders To adjust the stereo output trim faders as a group instead of individually, link them by pressing the Link (=) button. When linked, the stereo faders will move as one unit. If the setting for the left and right channel are unequal, pressing the link button snaps the right channels setting equal to the left channels. You can access the output trim through your host for automation. However, you should note that linking is respected when Eqium is responding to automation sent from your

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host. Read the following section for more details on the interaction between link and output trim automation. Automating the Output Trim (Stereo Version ONLY) How automation data is sent to your host will depend on whether you have the left and right output trim faders linked. When linked, the output trim fader behaves as one unit and sends data accordingly; automation data is only sent for the left channel. When read back, if the stereo output trim faders are linked, this left channel automation data will be used for both the left and the right channel. This reduces possible inconsistencies in the automation data between channels if your host is set to thin or otherwise alter automation sent from a plug-in. If, after writing automation with the stereo output trim faders linked, you wish to write data for each channel individually, you will need to unlink the left and right channel output trim. Furthermore, if you would like to have the data you wrote while the output trim was linked used for both channels, you will need to copy the automation that was written for the left channel to the right channel through your host. Note: When the stereo output trim faders are linked, automation is only written and read for the left channel. This automation data will apply to both channels.

Just as data is only sent for the left channel when the stereo output trim faders are linked, only the left channels data is read when sent from your host. Eqium internally applies this data to both the left and right channel. If you have written data for both channels and you would like Eqium to read the data for both channels, you will need to unlink the stereo output trim faders.

Stereo Output Meters

Meters are located beside the output trim fader. The stereo peak/hold meters give an accurate reading of the post processing levels of your audio. Each meter contains a peak/hold bar to show the highest amplitude reached. Individual overload indicators are located at the top of each channels meter. When a sample exceeds zero (0) dB, an overload condition is triggered and the indicator will light. Reset the overload indicators by clicking on them.

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Note: There is only one meter when Eqium is in mono mode.

Workspaces

A and B. The controls for two workspaces, A and B, are located at the bottom, middle of the Eqium interface. Each workspace provides an area for you to develop an EQ. By utilizing both workspaces, you can develop two separate EQs. Switching between workspaces enables you to easily compare and contrast the affect different EQs have on your audio. To choose a workspace or switch between workspaces, simply click the button of the workspace you would like to make active. When a workspace is active, its button is depressed. CPY. You can copy your current EQ to the inactive workspace by clicking the green CPY button located to the right of the B button. All of the filters in the current workspace will be copied to the inactive workspace. CLR. Clear a workspace by pressing the red CLR button located to the left of the A button. Clearing a workspace deletes all filters in the workspace and resets the output gain fader to zero. To delete individual filters use the delete button (see Navigating Around Eqium: Created Filters Area: Deleting A Filter).

Load and Save

The LOAD and SAVE controls are located at the bottom right of the Eqium interface to the right of the workspace controls. Using the integrated SAVE and LOAD gives you the freedom to create elaborate EQs that can be used in any host you might use Eqium. LOAD. Press LOAD to select a preset or saved filter to load from disk. When you press load you will be presented with a standard dialog box for you to specify the Eqium settings file you wish to load. When you load an Eqium settings file in this manner, you will lose any changes

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in your current workspace. However, holding down the OPTION [CTRL] button while pressing LOAD will enable you to add the filters in a settings file to your current workspace. This handy feature allows you to save often used filters and add them to any EQ you create without losing changes or having to load additional instances of Eqium. Of course, since Eqium is easy on your processing power and you only use the exact number of bands you need, you can feel free to load up additional instances, as you desire.

Note: Hold down OPTION [CTRL] and press the LOAD button to add the filters in an Eqium settings/preset file to your current workspace.

SAVE. Eqium gives you the functionality to save all the filters in the current workspace to disk for future use as a preset. Pressing SAVE opens a standard dialog box enabling you to specify a name for the saved file and the folder where it should be placed. For your convenience, the entire state of your workspace is saved. This includes how the filter graph has been customized, your zoom settings, your desired sort method, and the amount of trim you have specified with the output trim fader.

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The preceding sections gave you a thorough overview of Eqiums interface and showed you how to use Eqium to create an EQ. This section gives you a little more detail on a few important aspects of Eqium.

Supported Sampling Rates

Eqium supports sampling rates of 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz and even 192 kHz. Of course, Eqium can be used with lower sampling rates, as well. The sampling rate Eqium uses is determined by, and also limited by, the sampling rates available in your host application. There is no need to configure Eqium to use the higher sampling rates. If a sampling rate of 44.1 kHz is in use, Eqium will operate at 44.1 kHz; if a sampling rate of 92 kHz is in use, Eqium will use that sampling rate. Sampling Rates below 44.1 kHz: If you are using a sampling rate below 44.1 kHz you will notice that the frequency scale of the filter graph changes. Audio at lower sampling rates contains a smaller range of frequencies. The filter graphs frequency axis changes to display the range of frequencies available in your audio. For example, if you are using Eqium on audio at 22 kHz, the frequency display will show a maximum frequency of about 11 kHz, as that is the highest frequency contained in audio sampled at 22 kHz. The lower the sampling rate, the smaller the maximum frequency. If you use an EQ created using audio at 44.1 kHz or above, on audio with a sampling frequency below 44.1 kHz, some of your filters may become invalid. Filters at a frequency higher than that available for the current sample rate are invalid and will automatically be disabled. You may delete, but not adjust, invalid filters. Invalid filters are indicated by a yellow exclamation point in the enabled field. Invalid filters are re-enabled when a high enough sampling rate is used.

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Mono and Stereo

Eqium comes in both a mono and stereo version. The mono version is for use on one channel of audio. The stereo version is for use on two channels of audio a stereo pair. There are some minor differences in functionality and appearance between the mono and stereo versions: 1. The mono version does not offer the ability to split channels for separate adjustment which makes sense, since you only have one channel. This change results in a slight difference in appearance between the mono and stereo versions. The channel selection arrows, used to split and select separate channels, are absent in the mono version. 2. The mono version has a single output meter again because you are monitoring only one channel. Beyond these differences, the operation, look, and feel of the mono and stereo versions is identical.

Harmonic Para-what?
Most sounds contain a fundamental or base frequency along with harmonics multiples of the base frequency. For example, AC line noise in the US has a frequency of 60Hz. Also present are 120Hz (the first harmonic), 180Hz (the second harmonic), 240Hz (the third harmonic), etc., components that creep into your audio. In a similar manner, each note of a musical instrument contains a fundamental frequency and many harmonic frequencies. In fact, without the harmonics, the instrument would sound dull and lifeless. The harmonic parametric filters are, essentially, a combination of several parametric EQs with harmonically related center frequencies. They enable you to boost or cut a fundamental frequency and up to seven harmonics. Eqium also provides the option to boost just the even harmonics or just the odd harmonics. By design, the harmonic parametric filters are ideal for removing AC line noise or, when used judiciously, accentuating a note. With higher gain settings, these filters can also provide some strange distortion effects. Note: The first, third, fifth, etc., harmonics are referred to as the odd harmonics. The second, fourth, sixth, etc., harmonics are referred to as the even harmonics. In the AC line noise example above, the odd harmonics would be at 120 Hz, 240Hz, etc.; the even harmonics would be at 180Hz, 300Hz, etc.

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Presets
Eqium comes with a variety of presets. If you have used the presets provided, youve probably noticed that some of them are a little different. Eqium supports two types of presets, Basic and Specialty. Basic presets are built only from the basic filters supplied with Eqium and shown in the Filters list. Most Eqium presets are basic presets. Specific examples are the Pseudo Stereo and Channel EQ presets. Specialty presets are built using algorithms that are not appropriate for general-purpose use. These presets are designed to be used as is and not be tweaked. The Telephone presets are specialty presets. If you are really observant, youve noticed that there is a preset that doesnt seem to be a Basic or a Specialty preset. This preset is, in fact, a Basic preset created from the filter types supplied with Eqium. The names of the filters, as appears in the Created Filters area, have simply been changed. Mousing over the handle of a renamed filter still displays its type in the Filter Readout area.

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Single Parameter Adjustment In Filter Graph

Gain Only Filter Parameter Adjustment

Press SHIFT [SHIFT] to limit changes to only the filters gain. With SHIFT [SHIFT] pressed, click and drag a filter up and down, as usual, to adjust the gain. No changes will be made to and other parameters when in this mode. For your convenience, a vertical guideline appears in the plot as a reminder of which direction movement is permitted.

Frequency Only Filter Parameter Adjustment

Press CMD [CTRL+SHIFT] to limit changes to only the filters frequency. With CMD [CTRL+SHIFT] pressed, click and drag a filter left and right, as usual, to adjust the frequency. No changes will be made to any other parameters when in this mode. For your convenience, a horizontal guideline appears in the plot as a reminder of which direction movement is permitted.

Q/Bandwidth/Slope Filter Parameter Adjustment

Press OPTION [CTRL] and drag up and down, to limit changes to only the filters Q, bandwidth, or slope. No changes will be made to the gain or frequency when in this mode.

About Box/Modifier Key List

Click on the Eqium name or the Elemental Audio Systems logo to display the Eqium About Box. The About Box displays some important and helpful information. In addition to the version number, you will find a list of the modifier keys you can use with Eqium and their function.

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Some portions of Eqiums interface exhibit different behavior if you depress a key, referred to as a modifier key, while they are operated. For example, holding down OPTION [CTRL] while clicking on the LOAD button will add the selected settings file to the current EQ instead of replacing the current EQ. This section lists all the modifier keys you can use to access alternate functionality in Eqium. You must press and hold down a modifier key while operating a control - pressing these keys alone will not perform any action. Only certain controls have alternate behavior. Consult the appropriate area in the manual for more information on using a controls associated modifier key. You can see a list of these key modifiers at any time by clicking on the Eqium name or the Elemental Audio Systems logo. Tip: You can see a list of Eqiums key modifiers at any time by clicking on the Eqium or Elemental Audio Systems logo.

Mac
+ LOAD Add selected settings file to workspace Adjust Q/bandwidth/slope Re-associate Handler with the selected filter Adjust filter gain only Reset fader/slider to default value Adjust filter frequency only

OPTION SHIFT CMD

+ drag in plot + click Handler + drag in plot + click fader + drag in plot

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+ LOAD Add selected settings file to workspace Adjust Q/bandwidth/slope Re-associate Handler with the selected filter Adjust filter gain only Reset fader/slider to default value Adjust filter frequency only

CTRL SHIFT CTRL + SHIFT

+ drag in plot + click Handler + drag in plot + click fader + drag in plot

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Alphabetical Listing of Presets
10-Band ISO AM Radio Basic EQ Channel EQ Controlled Bass Boost Custom Hum Removal (50Hz) Custom Hum Removal (60Hz) Half-Band Steep Rolloff High Cut Hum Suppression (50Hz) Hum Suppression (60Hz) Infrasonics Low Cut Pseudo Stereo Super Hum Removal (50Hz) Super Hum Removal (60Hz) Telephone (44.1k) Telephone (48k) Telephone (82k) Telephone (96k) Telephone (192k)
Ten bands of parametric EQ Simulates the frequency response of AM radio Similar to EQ found on a channel of a mixing board (low shelf, parametric, high shelf) More complete channel EQ (low shelf, high shelf, 3 bands parametric, hi and low pass if needed) Boosts lower bass frequencies without muddying the audio 3- 8 harmonic parametric EQs configured for separate tweaking of the fundamental, even, and odd harmonics for task specific line noise removal 3- 8 harmonic parametric EQs configured for separate tweaking of the fundamental, even, and odd harmonics for task specific line noise removal Cuts frequencies above 10k Cuts high frequencies AC line noise reduction with minimal effect on audio AC line noise reduction with minimal effect on audio Cuts low frequencies that can muddy audio (e.g. turntable rumble) Cuts low frequencies Designed to be used with stereo version of Eqium only; Used to imitate stereo on a mono source For severe AC line noise; Notch removes 50Hz, 2- 8 harmonic parametric EQs to remove the harmonics For severe AC line noise; Notch removes 60Hz, 2- 8 harmonic parametric EQs to remove the harmonics For use with 44.1k audio; Simulates the frequency response of a telephone For use with 48k audio; Simulates the frequency response of a telephone For use with 82k audio; Simulates the frequency response of a telephone For use with 96k audio; Simulates the frequency response of a telephone For use with 192k audio; Simulates the frequency response of a telephone

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Symbols
#. 23 editing filters. See adjusting filters

F A
A. See workspaces ACTIVE 32 adjusting filters. See filter parameters; See filter graph: editing filters using automation 30. See also Filter Handlers output trim. See output trim fader(s): automating Fc. 25 FILL 20 filter graph colors 18 cursor readout 19 customizing 20 editing filters using 18 filter readout 19 scale 19, 37 Filter Handlers 25, 2732 associating with a filter 28 parameters 29 steps to automating 30 filter parameters adjusting 18, 26, 41 current setting 25 filter types 32

B
B. See workspaces bandwidth. See coupling

C
C 23 clear. See CLR CLR 35 CPY 35 creating filters 22 cursor readout 19

G
G 25

D
deleting filters 25 disabled filters 24, 32

H
H 25 Handlers. See Filter Handlers HANDLES 20 harmonic parametric filters 32, 38

E
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inactive filters. See disabled filters invalid filters 37

L
LABELS 20 LOAD 35. See also workspaces

M
meters 34 mono version 33, 34, 35, 38

O
output trim fader(s) 33 automating 34 linking 33

S
sampling rates 37 SAVE 36. See also workspaces SELECTED 20 selecting a filter 23 SOLO 32 sorting filters 23 stereo version 38

W
workspaces 35 clearing 35 copying settings 35

Z
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