Introduction to Slick EQ M

More about SlickEQ M here: www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-slickeq-m/
This video discusses version 1.0.2
TDR SlickEQ - M (Mastering Edition) extends SlickEQ’s proven concept into a fully-fledged stereophonic equalizer. Specifically developed for the audio mastering engineer, no compromises have been made to deliver an exceptional musical flexibility and audio fidelity.
All music taken from Reggie B's album "DNA": www.tokyodawn.net/reggie_b-dna/

[@BigMuff75]

I don't know if it's because of this soothing voice but I really wonder how other companies are getting away with charging a lot more for a lot less EQ.

[@LaPlant_Mastering]

Coming back to this video every 6 months or so. Essential stuff.

[@ishmaelhutson5328]

The tutorial and the plugin are both pure genius!

[@kadiummusic]

This EQ is absolutely superb! 😎

[@adibonts]

Thank you for your blackfriday sale! Awesome i'm getting this even 5 years after this vid. Sounds awesome

[@MrAlFuture]

very nice: both the plugin and the tutorial. Dan, you have a perfect voice for delivering this kind of info.

[@tttrd]

one of the most underrated developers, thank you for what you do for the community we all appreciate it

[@Randyrocker1]

Very nice to the point instructions. Never knew an audio plugin could have so much going for it to turn out such sweet sounds. Can't leave this off my list of must buys.

[@backwardclocksound]

"[...] or suggestion an alternative approach you may not have otherwise tried". Dan's descriptions are the best.

[@dwightddddd]

Thank you . Great plugin. Just got it:)

[@nodz007]

Reggi B - Every Pharaoh needs a Queen = AWESOME

[@SuperNegawsklov]

wow this is one damn usefull equalizer !!! thanks

[@hyperactivists9390]

you make incredible videos.

[@EuropaMan]

Excellent instructional video Dan! Is there a "presets menu" included with the plugin? Great job.

[@natus49]

Just bought. Excited to use this! :D

[@TomRivieremusic]

I would like to say; great tunes you pick on this tutorial

[@seamasmanly]

Dan, you make education awesome ear candy! Thanks 🎉❤

[@lewisknudsen1]

This is my new favorite plugin, incredible.

[@OTea]

why? genuine question

[@lewisknudsen1]

@@OTea this comment is from 3 years ago. My favorite plugin has changed many times since then.

[@oinkooink]

@@OTea He was probably in buyer's delight. A honeymoon phase where proclamations are loose, liberal and grand. Needles to say, this plugin is very nice indeed. Why? Because it performs classy adjustments to my mediocre mixes and recordings.

[@OTea]

@@oinkooink lol this was a fun read😂

[@exinexi]

now this is how you make a great tutorial!

[@AudioReplica2023]

lets eliminate the L from the name and called it "Sick EQ" hahaha. this thing its awesome.

[@sokoleski]

So good 💚

[@bb-of3qz]

Really great plugin. Love the Easter Eggs!

[@joerigpro]

Amazing

[@CornSw]

Awesome!

[@GprokYB]

Insane

[@NEBUHBEATZ]

Amazing EQ! love it so much, use some of the great TDR Plugins. I love TDR🌸

[@LDdrums20]

Excellence

[@HaNguyen-kn2tg]

Great plugin, Great Tutorial from Dan Worrall! How not to like?

[@graywyot]

Damn!!! Great comment from an genius iSS Acoustic's engineer.

[@RobinsonMastering]

I love this layout. If it had notching abilities I could abandon bx_digital3. Or maybe it does?

[@incomeinnovations247]

awesome dan!!

[@BuzzaB77]

I hope Bob Katz discovers your plugs one day, they are right up his street and would definitely pass muster

[@oinkooink]

Tell Bob Katz I said hi.

[@top_tech.500k]

What about compatibility of the recording softwares like protools or logic and other recording softwares???

[@malikmehouchi8418]

Christ that music used for the demo

[@ishmaelhutson5328]

What do they mean when they say that all the processing in this plugin is parallel versus another processing system in the other version of the plugin?

[@TokyoDawnRecords]

SlickEQ M's bands are connected in parallel. SlickEQ (standard & GE)'s bands are connection in series. This both affects how overlapping bands interact (i.e. the shape of the resulting frequency magnitude) and how distortion travels through the plugin. SlickEQ M band's can be made nonlinear (saturating). The parallel structure makes sure that these distortions don't get distorted again the following bands. SlickEQ (standard & GE)'s saturation works differently, where saturation only gets added at the output. A serial configuration is fine in this case.

[@oinkooink]

Can this be set so moving one frequency knob doesn't effect another?

[@matrixate]

Now this is how you make a great tutorial...BETTER!

[@SammyOrtizMusic]

I Cant install in my Logic Pro X...

[@MrDJSTRATEGY]

I can't even hate they making goodstuff

[@youtubewatcher2006]

What would I use NOVA for when Slick EQ basically does everything? When do I use NOVA and when SlickEQ?

[@acidbath3226]

nova is a multiband compressor good for taming transients or making them blend and hit like palm mutes

[@briancase6180]

Well, technically, Nova is a dynamic EQ, but who's counting. :)

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you for the great tutorial! I have this plugin and I really love it. (I have found that some of the parameters need to be used very sparingly in mastering, and that the "stereo width" and "stereo balance" controls greatly effect guitar & vocal tone even at their lowest settings.) What I don't quite get is that the "stereo width" controls (on either an individual band or the stereo output) effect the sound even if there is no EQ boost or cut at all. My initial, intuitive understanding was that the width control would depend on the amount of boost or cut, just as the saturation does. So what exactly is it effecting? Thank you, again!

[@TokyoDawnRecords]

Technically, each band of SlickEQ M features simultaneous control over 6 channels: LR (the gain knob), the Sum and Difference (via the width slider), and L and R (via the balance sliders). Since all these filters are fully parallel, no issues build up, despite the high complexity. In a more practical sense, SlickEQ M works like running a traditional stereo linked EQ, plus independent L and R EQs, plus another pair of EQs running in M/S configuration. "6 Layers" added per EQ band. These 6 filters are independent, so you can well increase the width or change the balance, even if you set the main gain control to zero dB. As you noted, this is unlike the EQ SAT controls which indeed depend on gain. Messing with the stereo image is definitely dangerous. It's too easy to mess up a good mix with needless stereo wishi washiness, in particular without a solid monitoring system.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you kindly for your thoughtful reply! Love the plugin! Now, I just have to figure out the elliptical filter (LF mono) parameter. If you're not mastering for vinyl, is it still useful, and at what HZ?

[@TokyoDawnRecords]

Some people like using the function to guarantee a solid mono compatibility, and/or a more reliable translation across different playback systems. Some engineers totally refuse any form of stereo limitation in the LF and often boost instead to create a more realistic stereo "depth" (see stereo shuffling. In slickEQ M: Simply increase the width at low frequencies). Other people like switching the LF MONO on as a starting point and mix "against" it. It's up to your personal preference. And your material. Good recordings often don't like these tricks, but electronic music can greatly benefit.

[@UncleTonyGuitar]

Thank you. That's very, very helpful!

[@Goettel]

$9,99 sale right now, no-brainer.

[@ryanperrault8174]

Slick EQ GE, Slick EQ M or Nova GE? I like the free ones...of all TDR plugins, which adds the most features for the GE version compared to the free?

[@moontan91]

what is important is which of those plugins will serve you best.

[@ryanperrault8174]

I ended up getting Slick EQ M for now. It does what I need and they go on sale enough where I can get the others eventually as well. @@moontan91

[@mugenDelta]

great eq. very fast results

[@Oae119]

is there a free version?

[@moontan91]

here: www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq/

[@oinkooink]

What's parallel eq?? I mean...if one signal is dry and the eq'd signal is done in parallel, what % remains dry and what % is eq'd?

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

It's the name of the topography of the style of processing. It's not a second EQ on a parallel channel mixed in sort of parallel, it just shares the same name but is a completely different thing. The Manley Massive Passive is another parallel EQ, I believe there is less phasey wayzey wibbly wobbliness going on 😂

[@oinkooink]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist Thanks. I can't get the concept of parallel compression out of my head when trying to understand parallel eq. And I know its completely the wrong way to try to understand parallel eq.

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@@oinkooink I believe that a Series EQ (normal EQ) if you all 6db at 100hz on band 1 and 6db at 100hz on band 2 you get 12db of gain. On a Parallel EQ you don't because they are independently parallel to each other. Someone smarter than me can correct me if I'm wrong 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@gylp2]

can i mid/side Eq with this?

[@TokyoDawnRecords]

You can directly control width and balance, per band, and overall.

[@RachEspinosa]

Dan Worrall can make me buy air

[@devingobind]

🤣

[@autodidacticprofessor869]

I bought this thing just because of Dan Worrall.

[@TerryFlatEarth]

Why is it that every time he changes the values, I really don't hear much difference? none as a matter of fact. I just didn't want to seem unworthy as a producer.

[@TheeRocker]

2 reasons possible,,, because this guy uses too much compression, eq's the low end of his voicem and still has the need for slight more de-essing,,, at times,,, so he drowns out any definition of the audio you might be able to hear,, which brings up the second,,, He doesn't care about showing the plugins,,, just that he can hear his own voice,,, He can talk and demonstrate them, but the audio is always unforgiving,,, might sound ok on laptops, phones or things with crap tone, but on a decent speaker system it's just a bunch of mud,,, often running one word into the other, I can hear the changes affected, between his inflections, as long as the lowend of his voice is inaudible ,,,

[@TokyoDawnRecords]

Just try the demo on your own system after watching the introduction video. This video is not meant to demo the sound of the processor, but to explains its basic control principles.

[@TheeRocker]

It's function is a great tool !!! Being a TokyoDawnRecords plugin, I would not hesitate to grab the Gentlemens Edition of all their plugins !!!

[@kadiummusic]

@@TokyoDawnRecords Well said!

[@ngocvothithanh6130]

the video image is too poor, you need to fix it more

[@TWEAKER01]

and the dismal audio!

[@staticminds2715]

for audio software, picked the worst audio.

[@TWEAKER01]

agreed, *awful* audio, with the ducking under his voice, virtually making the last word of each sentence fall away. Nice plugins, but do better, @TokyoDawnRecords

[@va941]

30€ @ pluginboutique!