Helix Talk

[the-trooper]

How did the old school thrash guys do before powerful EQs became a standard?

With this, somehow, it was enough. No decimal points.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I kinda agree, but I still wonder every once in a while, why "that famous 7-band EQ" isn't in there.

Yeah, that's quite a pity indeed. I own that very EQ and it's been on my boards most of the time (just on the current board it's not, but still sitting on a "side board").

 

[Bob Zaod]

Still curious to this day if the rumor I heard that Randy Rhoads would run an MXR 10-Band with all frequencies dimed into his Marshall heads. Wouldn't surprise me. Big fan of Randy and his playing but I thought his tone was complete shite.

 

[Sascha Franck]

With this, somehow, it was enough. No decimal points.

As said, I own and use this since decades, but it's not a surgical EQ by any means. Serves extremely well as a fun toy, though. In front of a semi-driven tone you can get some great drive variations.

 

[James Freeman]

How did the old school thrash guys do before powerful EQs became a standard?

Studio magic....

Hetfield used Aphex EQF-2 on everything from Puppets to Black on the albums and live.
Dimebag used Furman PQ-4 in the loop.
etc, etc..

 

[Sascha Franck]

Studio magic....

Hetfield used Aphex EQF-2 on everything from Puppets to Black on the albums and live.
Dimebag used Furman PQ-4 in the loop.
etc, etc..

So, do you really need these tones for live playing? Because otherwise, you could just go for that studio magic, too.

 

[James Freeman]

I just love when people gatekeeping other people's feature requests...
Where did my feature request hurt you?

 

[mavrick102000]

If you have to do  THIS much surgical tweaking to be happy; id probably be looking for new headphones

LOL. This.

I didn't NEED to, I was perfectly happy prior and after.

I was simply experimenting - it did work well. But, to your point, there are definitely less cumbersome ways to achieve the same end result.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Where did my feature request hurt you?

It didn't, I'm just genuinely curious. Seriously.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

LOL. This.

I didn't NEED to, I was perfectly happy prior and after.

I was simply experimenting - it did work well. But, to your point, there are definitely less cumbersome ways to achieve the same end result.

You could shoot an IR of however many stacked EQs and use an IR block instead.

 

[ragingplatypi]

You could shoot an IR of however many stacked EQs and use an IR block instead.

Could you shoot an IR of me doing the dishes too?

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Could you shoot an IR of me doing the dishes too?

Sure can. When would you like to come over? BYO yellow gloves

 

[pipelineaudio]

I'd love to see a proper five band parametric with the ability for the outer bands to switch between bell and shelf.

 

[Rocco Crocco]

The current PEQ low and high are shelf, correct?

 

[Alex Kenivel]

The current PEQ low and high are shelf, correct?

No, they're high/low pass filters

 

[James Freeman]

The current PEQ low and high are shelf, correct?

No, they are low and high pass filters.
LPF appears to be 24db/oct and HPF around 18db/oct.

edit: ninja kenivel

 

[Stone]

If you have to do  THIS much surgical tweaking to be happy; id probably be looking for new headphones

Or a FM9

 

[Rocco Crocco]

No, they are low and high pass filters.
LPF appears to be 24db/oct and HPF around 18db/oct.

edit: ninja kenivel

Sorry I was referring to the sweepable high/low, not the high/low cut sliders.

 

[James Freeman]

They are peak (bell) bands.

 

[the swede]

Sure can. When would you like to come over? BYO yellow gloves

Yellow gloves IR!!!