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Gear · equaliser

ART Tube EQ

Four-band valve equaliser, 1990s (reviewed 1998). Hybrid valve and solid-state circuit with shelving low and high bands and two sweepable mids that have no bandwidth control. A low-cost half-rack valve equaliser; the review found it sweet-sounding but not truly parametric.

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Records it appears on · 1

  • Believe

    Cher · Believe, 1998

    • Effects and processing · Mix effectsVerifiedUsed with the sampler EQ and the desk to crunch up the sampled sounds.

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FabFilter Pro-Q 4

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A general equaliser that covers the same job of shelving and sweepable mid bands; it is not a model of this unit and adds no valve colour of its own.

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