@ A Tan : I can take a look at it later today. Note that we'll also roll out the same stepped/snapmap mechanism across all our plugins (the free ones, too). This will probably be part of an "All Products Update".

@ matucha : We'll probably make the EQ SCALE behaviour configurable (config file probably). I personally prefer keeping the center-filter out of the regular EQing considerations and use the meta filter only for specific technical tasks. But I understand that other people could use it differently and it would be helpful to EQ SCALE the meta filter, too. We have to be careful here, as this function directly affects recall.

@ Den : We don't plan to have a new SlickEQ GE, but realized early that we can now push SlickEQ GE a bit more towards mixing tasks and workflows. We'll add all stepped modes and LEARN features to the GE, but also probably new sound related features (much less subtle sat modes maybe, and other ideas). SlickEQ M gives SlickEQ GE's concept more room to breath, and we'll try to use is wisely and not turn SlickEQ GE into a seemingly inferior product.

@ Tui : We have UI resize on our long term TODO list. The fact that our UI style is both vector and bitmap based makes it a bit difficult, but we'll do it sooner or later. Care to share your screen-model? just for reference.


Thanks for all the great suggestions guys. For now, we're trying to fix the last remaining hick-ups on some systems and will then start thinking about the next possible functional update.

This is a relatively minor thing (though I don't know what it would require from a programming standpoint), but it would be really helpful if the unit (i.e., Hz or kHz) disappeared when double clicking a frequency or gain value. Presumably, the user double clicks a value in order to enter a new value, not change the unit. Depending on where the mouse is positioned, double clicking a value makes it such that the unit (not the value) is highlighted and altered by subsequent typing. This makes manually entering specific values a little cumbersome. Perhaps it could be such that the value entered is always in Hz and the plugin automatically converts it to kHz when appropriate. Not a huge deal, but I think this small change could improve usability.

Anyways, overall I'm really enjoying this new plugin! Great work!

I just want to say that I love the Learn mode, such a time saver. I am not using it for mastering, but for EQing a narrator. Just 1 dB of cut/boost with auto-gain on and it works wonders.

Thank you guys, I'll be ordering as soon as my finances allow.

Why are you double clicking anyway?

1. click the text editor (once)
2. enter the number you want (some params are half intelligent, e.g. entering "1" in a frequency related parameter will automatically translate to 1kHz, even without adding any unit)
3. press return/enter

One click is sufficient. A double click selects character groups, as common in operating system wide editable texts. You don't double click to edit text (think about it a second, it really makes no sense). You click once, type, enter. Double clicks are meant to select whole words.

We follow modern OS standards.

If you mean screen resolution, it is 1440X900 with my MacBook Air, and 1600X900 with my desktop, with two LG LCD monitors.

I would very much appreciate an option for a larger UI. I'm sure the same will be true for all users who don't anymore have the eyes of a 20-year old.

At 1920 x 1080 on a 42" multi touch screen, it's perfect. But on the 24" @ 1920 x 1080, the old eyes are straining a bit

Thank you guys. From what I read, this could be covered via a ~150% option. The main concern is font readability, right?

<snap lowBandGainParam="-18.0,-16.0,-14.0,-12.0,-10.0,-8.0,-6.0,-4.0,-2.0,0.0,2.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0,14.0,16.0,18.0" lowBandFreqParam="30,40,60,85,120,175,250,350,500,700,1000" midBandGainParam="-18.0,-16.0,-14.0,-12.0,-10.0,-8.0,-6.0,-4.0,-2.0,0.0,2.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0,14.0,16.0,18.0"
midBandFreqParam="100,150,250,400,650,1000,1500,2500,4000,6300,10000" highBandGainParam="-18.0,-16.0,-14.0,-12.0,-10.0,-8.0,-6.0,-4.0,-2.0,0.0,2.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0,14.0,16.0,18.0" highBandFreqParam="500,750,1200,1800,2800,4400,7000,10000,16000,25000,40000"
lpFreqParam="2500,3200,4300,5700,7500,10000,13000,17000,22000,30000,40000" hpFreqParam="10,15,20,30,40,60,85,120,170,250,350" tiltFreqParam="300,356,422,500,593,704,835,990,1174,1392,1651,1959,2323,2800" tiltValueParam="-4.0,-3.0,-2.0,-1.0,0.0,1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0"
outSatDriveParam="0.0,2.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0,14.0,16.0" outGainParam="-18.0,-16.0,-14.0,-12.0,-10.0,-8.0,-6.0,-4.0,-2.0,0.0,2.0,4.0,6.0,8.0,10.0,12.0,14.0,16.0"/>

The next update of SlickEQ GE will automatically dump default values into the config.

I haven't used these on my 4k laptop monitor, but the plugins I do have that scale up to 150% are much more usable, but still on the small side IMO. With 4k monitors being double the resolution, 150% will still look 25% smaller than 100% does on the same screen at 1080p.

I don't think everyone needs to make scalable vector based UI's, but having size options for 75% (for low resolution or very small screens), 100%, 150% and 200% would probably cover just about every use case scenario when it comes to display size. I'm just generalizing of course, but that would probably be true for all plugins.

But it would be nice!

Btimaps have their place and can still be scalable (see the U-He plugins, Cytomic). I'd honestly get bored if every plugin was vector based and looked all futuristic and modern.

Great Eq!! The Learn function is great I think! Kind of an easy guide or way out:-)

Can someone please tell me how to get hold of the upgrade path, I own all Tdr plugins?

Hi, you need to log in your customer profile on their website, from there you'll see an upgrade path

Nico

Thanks! I always forget that the Customer Login is kind of hidden at the bottom of the page:-)

Bought!

Double clicking on the Slick Eq logo party here!

For curious

YES, the random stereo width party

Quote from Vladg's site:

Alex 2016/05/15 at 21:26

Might be cool to have a button (or a secret button) to randomize the pan controls in small amounts and add some nonlinearity for an “analog” touch.
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vladgsound 2016/05/16 at 09:34

It actually exists. Try double click on SlickEQ label (shh, don’t tell anyone). Also Alt + click on Flat to return all pan/width controls to center position




Hey, Don't Tell Anyone!

It is to me.

Yes, font readability.

Cool, this could be easy to fix. Mhh...

No, you're probably not understanding what SlickEQ M does. You can't do it the same way with Pro-Q.

Just download the demo and see for yourself...

The "Learn" is nice, but it analyzes way too fast - Maybe an option for 30 sec to 1 minute would be better, to get a more reliable/even frequency graph?

/Jon

Amazing how much "depth" these small changes provide, thanks!

The problem is not the analysis. It's the fact that this is not a matching filter, but a robot trying to set the EQ bands in such a manner that they approximate the learned signal to the target pink curve. A preset generator. This is an additional difficulty for the matching process of course (because it cannot simply generate a custom curve, it has to use the public EQ parameters).

Right now, this is done with the help of a relatively basic optimization algorithm which strongly depends on its own first guess. This feels a bit random, but is due to the fact that the algorithm simply took a different path. Similar to how different humans would also take different approaches.

We're already working on improving this procedure with a more capable genetic optimization algorithm and other useful additions t.b.a. There's plenty potential here, and it doesn't mess with recalls. We'll certainly have some attractive updates in the future

I found the Learn function to be quite nice and get a nice starting point for problematic mixes. However the Scale needs to be taken back down to approx 50% for it to not have a too drastic effect.

CTRL + SHIFT + HP ON is probably too hard to find, so I'll try to help this time...

Vlad posted some tips on his blog: https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/201...tricks-for-it/

Hi Fabien,

I think it would be a solid improvement to the LEARN function if you could extend the 'learn time'. This way it could average a much longer excerpt.