This can be especially handy when you need to control low frequencies like drums but do not want to take anything away from the bass guitar in your mix.

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FabFilters Pro-Q 3 features a large interactive EQ display with a dynamic EQ, optional auto gain, EQ match, midside processing per band, and even a fully customizable spectrum and collision analyzer.

Pro-Q 3 is great for both mixing and mastering as you can change the display ranges from 3 and 6 dB ranges for mastering and 12 and 30 dB for mixing.

These EQs come as a pair so that is why I have included them in the same review.

They are modeled after analog API EQs from the 60s, with the 550A having a bit less flexibility than the 550B, but still being an extremely amazing analog modeled EQ.

High and low EQ can be selected as either shelving or peaking, and you are also able to insert a band pass filter.

The 550B offers 7 filter frequencies reaching up to 5 octaves per band (there are 4 bands) with bands 1 and 4 offering a shelf or peak filter if you so desire.

The 550B also has a feature called proportional Q which automatically widens the filter bandwidth at its minimum settings and narrows it at its highest settings.

The Neve 1073 is one of the most revered class A transistor mics and line amps that give total clarity, sheen, and bite to your recording.

The 1073 has a 3-band EQ and there is also a post fader output.

The plugin features all 10 clipping points from the preamp and EQ so you get harmonically rich, classic saturation along with plenty of grit but also a lot of clarity.

It is not known for having any harshness and it colors the audio just enough to give it a smooth sound rather than overdoing it like other digital compressors often do.

I use it for vocals a lot of the time to give it that analog sound and also smoothen out the vocals to where they are not peaking too much but some words are still defined.

The Waves CLA-76 VST plugin gives you both models of the compressor, known as Blacky and Bluey (hardware versions are the UREIUniversal Audio 1176 Blue Stripe and 1176 Blackface).

The CLA-76 features input and output knobs, attack and release knobs, and ratio buttons.

In the ratio section you will find a button that says ALL which is a control that recreates the explosive mode that made the original piece of hardware so popular in tandem with its lightning fast attack.

That being said, the CLA-76 is best for drums, but also sounds great on guitar, vocals, and bass.

The Pro-C 2 offers 8 different types of compression (clean, classic, opto, vocal, mastering, bus, punch, and pumping) to meet your needs.

Additionally you get a lookahead feature to preserve oncoming transients and an oversampling feature.

Pro-C 2 also offers sidechaining and midside processing to adequately leave room in your mix for other instruments and vocals to peek through.

The Waves C6 is a 6-band multiband compressor that has been developed from Waves C4, which is an award-winning multiband compressor with 4 bands.

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