"iZotope's vibrant FXEQ multi-effects plugin simplifies audio enhancement, offering control over saturation, reverb, and delay effects, allowing users to create sounds much like painting with these elements"
In the world of audio production, iZotope has just released a game-changer - FXEQ, a multi-effects plugin that promises to revolutionise the creative workflow of musicians and producers. Part of the Catalyst series, FXEQ is an accessible tool designed for quick problem-solving and creative enhancement during mixing.
FXEQ boasts a unique EQ-style interface that lets users "paint" five creative effects - Saturate, Reverb, Delay, Modulate, and Lo-Fi - directly onto specific frequency bands for precise, targeted sound shaping.
Each of the five modules in FXEQ has its own parallel signal path, ensuring maximum flexibility. The Saturate module provides eight saturation modes designed to add weight, bite, and sparkle to sounds, while the Reverb module features three distinct algorithms - Hall, Plate, and Chamber - allowing users to add spatial effects selectively to frequency ranges.
The Delay module offers four delay types - Classic, Reverse, Crunch, and Modulation - along with controls for Time and Feedback, adding dimension and stereo interest. The Modulate module includes chorus, flanger, phaser, and doubler modes to introduce layered modulation effects, and the Lo-Fi module emulates vintage sound textures with four styles that recreate characteristics of vinyl, cassette, tape, and radio sounds.
All effects are controlled through an intuitive EQ-style interface, bypassing complex routing and stacking of multiple plugins. Each module processes the input signal independently before results are combined, and the results from each module are passed through a global zero-latency limiter at the output stage, ensuring no clipping while preserving real-time performance.
FXEQ is compatible with both macOS and Windows and is available in AAX/AU/VST3 formats. Priced at $49/£49, it is an affordable addition to any producer's toolkit.
With FXEQ, users can "paint" reverb, delay, lo-fi, and other effects directly onto sounds, offering a level of precision and control previously unseen in a multi-effects plugin. So, whether you're a seasoned producer or a budding musician, FXEQ is a must-have tool for your audio production arsenal.
Technology, in the form of FXEQ, a multi-effects plugin from iZotope, is revolutionizing the audio production world. With its unique EQ-style interface, users can precisely shape sounds by painting multiple effects onto specific frequency bands.
