FabFilter Pro Q 3: 10 Things You Need to Know

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[@SteveStockmalMusic]

2 more: 1. It’s cool that while a track is playing you can hover over the bottom half of the EQ curve and it will turn purple and show you any “annoying frequencies”. 2. But it’s really cool if you the click and hold your mouse to make it turn BLUE which freezes the screen (otherwise each time you make an adjustment you have to then go back, hover, wait for a couple seconds purple). Awesome video, thanks guys !!!

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the bax eq type? did i miss something? :)

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[@kusslol]

I checked - everything is clean

[@plaguebearermetal]

This is an ace video - thanks for making it! I bought Q3 because I saw how many people used it, and after looking into it realised how versatile it is, and this has made that even more evident!

[@BillGraper]

I was experimenting with the notes in the EQ spectrum. My chorus is written in G-lydian.. I made narrow bands at every G note in the spectrum & raised them all super high (just for the experiment). I was hearing ping noises that sounded pretty neat in my key. It actually sounded great throughout the chord changes. Then, with every band selected, I moved them back & forth. You can clearly hear how horrible it sounds when they are out of key. This is important to know, because they can help you make your music sound even better, knowing how it sounds at ridiculous levels. When it sounds pleasing to the ears, then you lower them, so you can't really hear any "weirdness" - but you know it's subtly adding to the natural beauty of the sound. I might want to start doing this on the drums. No matter what you do to the EQ, you can have a separate EQ in the chain for this purpose. :)

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Thank you for watching! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! SageAudio.com

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Thanks for the vid.. I'm gonna have to watch this multiple times to absorb all the info you dropped on this post ! Wow

[@lassorb4752]

Actually there is one incredible feature in the “expert” options - you can get the dynamic bands to react the other freq’s than the ones you are affecting 🤓 Thank you for great content 🙏🏼😘

[@tyzoeeeee]

Wait how

[@zouyia]

@@tyzoeeeee I guess he is confusing Pro Q 3 with Pro MB compressor expert options. :)

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Wow. I made a mistake waiting this long to get Pro-Q 3. No other EQ comes close to the UI/UX quality and features. I can't wait to try the EQ inversion -- I would never have thought of that if not for this video.

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YT's AI surfaced this to me for some reason. Learned something new today. Been using FF Q-3 for about a year and didn't know about the collision. Cool. Thanks

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Thank you so much! I can not wait to start setuping. I want to create original soft for comrcials and shows alongside my many other

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Awesome worked on Big Sur.Follow the steps as per the video.😉Thank you

[@erestube]

It took me a while to realize bands can be made dynamic by right clicking on a band and the amount adjusted with those little arrows!

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Thank you, so much I didn't know or appreciate. It would be cool if you could make a similar video about the Kirchhoff EQ

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Wow! This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

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Installed, everything works, thanks!

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@@bowsay8435 Dry Moonlight by Arc De Soleil

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[@bulentkazar]

greetings, please what can be done for clean and nice kick in fab filter proQ3, I think the side was being done... it was a good video

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! Cutting out some of the lows on the side image with a HP filter will help. Then try amplifying the fundamental, and an overtone in the high mids, where the click or beater of the kick is. This video might be helpful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4esmop6i9-pmdk

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Super helpful! Where can I find the song used in the examples?

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Thank you for this helpful video! Also, what’s the name of the song on 5:03?

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[@abolit]

thanks for the video - very helpful! What if I want to see only side or mid curves ? Is it possible to make everything else hidden?

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Hey Abolit! Thanks for watching - I can't see a way to do that, but if you pan the signal to either mid or side in the plugin's output, this helps. SageAudio.com

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[@compoundaudio]

With Linear phase mode. I've noticed when making a high pass / low pass it introduces pre/post ring But not so much on subtle bell shape cut or boosts What're your thoughts on using linear phase EQs? What setting would u recommend purely for mastering applications

[@sageaudio]

Hey Compound Audio! Thanks for watching this one! When mastering I like Natural phase, dynamic phase, or medium latency linear phase. Sometimes the zero latency sounds better for rock or punk since they don't sound as clean. Also, maximum latency linear phase might introduce some issues as you said, so it's best to avoid these for the most part. SageAudio.com

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Hello:) amazing video! I have one question - because I am writing sort of cinematic music and I am a beginner - is it possible to do a final mix using only intuition and to listen a piece on diffrent headphones and monitors? Just to ballance particular instruments in my partiture by experimenting with dynamics?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching and letting me know you enjoyed the video! It's definitely is possible - granted the more you know, the easier it is to figure out why something isn't sounding the way you want it to, and then know how to fix it. But if you have a good ear and general knowledge of the tools you're using, you can absolutely make a final mix with some trial and error.

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I wanna see eq for vocals

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What is this song used in this tutorial? I’d like to use it to play around with this EQ.

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Why dont I get audio from the sidechain?

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