ab EQ X

What it does

A parametric EQ that splits the signal into three dimensional poles, left, right and front, and gives each its own set of bands. Every band offers bell, low and high shelf, high pass, low pass or notch, with gain, frequency and Q, and can be typed in numerically. Poles can be linked so one adjustment moves several together, and a matrix view sets those links per band. A wet and dry mix sits across the whole thing.

In the demo

Jade builds a small AUM session with piano, bass, drums and strings, then loads a fresh instance on each. She pushes shelves hard on single poles so the separation is obvious in headphones, and notes the CPU load with four instances running.

Worth knowing

The directional effect only reads properly on headphones, and the extremes shown are deliberately exaggerated. There is no Mac build, and the Ambisonics processing sits under the hood rather than exposed.