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CEQ
A HIGH FIDELITY, DUAL PASSIVE & ACTIVE 6-BAND DISCRETE MIX AND MASTERING EQ
The CEQ is a fully hand-built, inductor based discrete equalizer using true 'Western Electric' era inductor design, expanded and adapted Pultec passive resonant shelves & boosts along with a novel tailored active midrange cut circuit that adjusts not only frequencies but also the reactivity of sound in a big and gentle way.
All inductors are custom wound using 'powder core' toroids, and aren't available anywhere else. The selectable output transformer is sourced from a legendary 'rogue' winder from the 1960's (in Chicago) who makes these uniquely for the CEQ.
The CEQ approaches equalization in a unique 'exploded' way while still using classic tried and true filter design topologies used in traditional 50’s outboard equalizers and 60's and 70's mastering filters.
An amazingly wide variety of tone can be accomplished rather easily - and while amazing for tracking, the CEQ was tuned in and optimized for placing on the stereo buss for 2-track mastering and the 'essence of the record' while mixing.
... sides +1.5db @ 400 Q 6 (wider) and +1.5db @ 2800 Q 6 hard patch out of Sontec to Terry Audio CEQ master settings were single ended, no xrmr, and paper foil caps eq was +6 clicks of 4K in the Neumann PEV mid-boost section (no clue how many db - probably around...
...didn't benefit much from the hardware. So returned the Elysia and then sold the Curve Bender and bought a Terry CEQ, which has become a personal favorite.
...think most (mastering) EQing can be done amazingly ITB. But I heard some wonderfully euophonic examples of 51db AL-12 and Terry CEQ passive EQs and I do wonder - what do they have that digital EQs don't? Can't we have those curves and behaviour in digital - and have it completely "clean", too, for...
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