Acon Digital Equalize is a powerful parametric equalizer plug-in that stands out with its unique features and exceptional workflow. Unlike typical equalizers, Equalize allows you to adjust not just the center frequency, gain, and bandwidth, but also the filter slope for each band, offering a wide range of control from 3 dB to 120 dB per octave. It supports three phase modes: minimum phase, linear phase, and a unique mixed phase mode that lets you freely set latency between 5 to 120 milliseconds. This mixed phase mode allows you to control potential pre-ringing artifacts efficiently, giving you unparalleled precision in your audio processing.
The user interface is designed for maximum ease of use, featuring direct graphical manipulation of band parameters, including bandwidths and filter slopes. The flexible real-time analyzer ensures that you can monitor every detail of your processing. Each band can be individually set to process full, mid, side, left, or right channels, with automatic internal routing for optimal performance and minimal latency.
Key Features:
- Filter Types: Eight different band filter types including low cut, low shelf, peak, tilt, bandpass, notch, high shelf, and high cut.
- Independent Bands: Up to twelve independent bands, allowing precise control over your audio.
- Adjustable Parameters: Freely adjustable gain, frequency, bandwidth, resonance, and filter slope for each band.
- Phase Modes: Three distinct phase modes (minimum phase, linear phase, and the unique mixed phase mode with adjustable latency).
- Channel Processing: Choose channel mode independently for each band (mid, side, left, right, or full processing).
- Real-Time Analyzer: Flexible real-time analyzer lets you monitor all aspects of your processing.
- User Interface: Resizable graphical user interface with adjustable frequency range and an optional piano keyboard display.
- Spectrum Analyzer: Two spectrum analyzers for analyzing input or output signals from the mid, side, left, or right channel.
- Preset Manager: Includes a large number of factory presets and options for saving, loading, and categorizing user presets.
- Two new filter types – tilt and bandpass filters.
- Adjustable frequency range in the equalizer curve editor for more precise control.
- Optional piano keyboard display above the frequency axis for easy tone matching.
- EUCON and full Pro Tools HW controller support.
- New preferences page with spectrum analyzer, tooltip, language, and piano roll settings.
- Spectrum analyzer with adjustable frequency tilt.
System Requirements
To ensure optimal performance, please make sure your system meets the following requirements:
Operating System:
- Windows: Windows 7, 8.x, 10, or 11
- Mac: OS X 10.9 or later
Hardware:
- CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD multi-core processor (Intel Core i5 or faster recommended for Windows). Mac version runs natively on ARM64 (such as Apple M1) and Intel processors.
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Storage: 1 GB available disk space
The plug-in supports VST-2, VST-3, and AAX formats on Windows, and VST-2, VST-3, AU, and AAX formats on Mac. It is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows, while the Mac version is 64-bit and supports both ARM and Intel processors. Sampling rates up to 96 kHz are supported, as well as multi-channel formats like 5.1 and 7.1 surround.
