6 band tonal equaliser

Applications :

Whether you need to give some air to a vocal, sweeten an entire mix, or equalise a dialogue track, the Sonalksis SV-517 EQ will be equally at home in each environment. The various styles of filter on offer model many classic and contemporary analogue responses, so it is simply a matter of selecting the appropriate style for your programme material.

Features :

• 6 filter bands; 2 variable slope filters and 4 parametric bands, of which 2 are switchable shelves
• Sonalksis 'State-space' system model for true analogue response
• Multiple parametric equaliser types inclucing classic models
• Multiple styles of resonant shelf
• 64bit floating point precision internal processing throughout
• Up to 192 kHz support
• Ultra efficient processing, with specific optimisations for native processors
• Glitchless transitions when switching bands in and out
• Graphical feedback display
• One control per function user-interface
• Support for Mac & PC platforms

Minimum System Requirements :

PC:
• Windows 2000/XP *
• Pentium III 600 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
  
  Mac:
• Mac OS X
• G4 400 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
• Universal Binary
• Mac OS 9
• G3 300 MHz
• 64 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
  
  

Product Technology :

The Sonalksis SV-xxx range of plug-ins are designed with integrated 'State-Space' technology. This allows us to physically model, and not just emulate, the way analogue audio is processed.

Traditionally, audio signals have been processed with analogue circuits. The sonic character of analogue processors is influenced by the smallest details in circuit design and component quality. While the domain of digital audio offers performance not easily achieved with analogue technology, standard digital audio processing techniques often produce clinical and uninspiring results, because they lack the 'character inducing' subtleties inherent in analogue designs.

State-Space modelling technology allows us to maintain the sonic aesthetic of traditional analogue processing, because it enables real analogue signal path characteristics to be encapsulated in a digital design.

Standard digital implementations of processes such as Compression or EQ rely on emulating the ‘external’ characteristics of the process. This means the processor is designed according to mathematical equations that simply relate the output signal to the input signal. However, factors that are extremely important in the design of high quality audio processors, such as the transient response, or the response to dynamic parameters, are typically part of the ‘internal’ description of a processor, and as such can not be accurately modelled using normal methods.

Sonalksis state-space technology superimposes the internal characteristics of a processor onto the external model, meaning the state-space model provides a detailed 'physical' description of the processor, rather than a standard 'input-output' emulation.

All Sonalksis processors utilising state-space technology are fundamentally designed as analogue prototypes, and transformed into digital equivalents with this technology - thus the resulting processor retains the true original analogue character. Furthermore, once the model is in digital form, it can be extended to provide a flexibility than could not ordinarily be achieved.