Effects • Vertically Aligned EQ plugins?

Analog, digital, emulation, original ... all good. What matters to me:

1. Orientation MUST be vertically aligned (e.g. API 550 hardware).
2. No channel strips!
3. No EQ curve visualizers. Meters OK.
4. Ideally 4-bands (minimum 3- and maximum 5-bands).
5. Stepped knobs (very much preferred).
6. Proportional Q (preferred).
7. Resizable UI (definitely preferred).
8. Maintained! No Rosetta!
9. Must be available standalone (no DAW stock plugins).

Started down this path after seeing a video of someone working with the Pulsar Modular P422 Fairuz. First time I encountered it and thought that is a well-designed Eq. Nice detail to have the knobs be stepped or continuous, and all the other bells & whistles. I really really do not want to go down the Pulsar Modular rabbit hole.

The vertical orientation is a lot of what attracts me (Lindell Pultecs, wish those suckers got resizable UIs).

Started looking at API 550B emulations, but quite a few devs take the classic vertical into a horizontal (e.g. Overloud EQ550), and I'm sure they have their reasons, but I'm not interested. Trident perhaps meet my requirements. Are they proportional?

What I've found so far are:

• Pulsar Modular P422 Fairuz - impressive looking and pricing.
• Volko Audio QB Equalizer - Rosetta isn't it? Package says 2017!
• Waves API 550 - also seems to qualify ... but I just don't like the look (or Waves) honestly.
• Analog Obsession COMBOX - knobs look stepped but are NOT. AO dials are just too sensitive!
• Analog Obsession TREQ - prefer to Combox, but same problems.
• Arturia Pre TridA - vertically aligned but the width makes it feel more like a channel strip.

What else is out there?

Statistics: Posted by kidslow — Thu Sep 05, 2024 4:42 am

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