Is it Really Worth It?

[KEM]

Not surprising to hear, unless it has a frequency read-out down to 1hz you're going to have a tough time.

If it were me, I'd run white noise through the PEQ, into an ADC, and then just view that on an RTA in REW or other software so I could actually SEE the curve coming out of the PEQ. Otherwise I imagine it's really hard to know if you've got the curve dialed in or what.

That is exactly what I did, except I used pink noise. The RTA is noisy because I need fast updates. Better resolution requires over 100 or more samples and is no longer real time. REW does a good job, but it is not real time. Their RTA app works fine but has the same problem as the RTA I used.

 

[kemmler3D]

That is exactly what I did, except I used pink noise. The RTA is noisy because I need fast updates. Better resolution requires over 100 or more samples and is no longer real time. REW does a good job, but it is not real time. Their RTA app works fine but has the same problem as the RTA I used.

If you jack up the gain to the maximum while you're adjusting frequency, you should be able to move faster... ?

 

[KEM]

If you jack up the gain to the maximum while you're adjusting frequency, you should be able to move faster... ?

Yeah, I tried that. It is still impossible to obtain the resolution needed.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

I tried using the Rane PEQ. I found it very confusing and non-intuitive. I was monitoring in real time. I could not tell when was at the frequency I wanted. I couldn't see the effects of changing the Q. I could make changes across many octaves, but could not pinpoint a center frequency.
This just doesn't work for me.

I put the dBx GEQ back in.

PEQ is difficult. I've seen recording engineers just dial it straight in. I think it demonstrated their years of experience, sensing the best centre frequency and Q. They then tweaked boost or cut as necessary and fine tuned the frequency and Q.

 

[Mart68]

PEQ is difficult. I've seen recording engineers just dial it straight in. I think it demonstrated their years of experience, sensing the best centre frequency and Q. They then tweaked boost or cut as necessary and fine tuned the frequency and Q.

That's how I did it but not being a recording engineer with years of experience it took me about a month of tweaking. I ended up with a lot less cut over a much narrower band than what I started with. But it works. If I had to do it again on a different set-up I think I'd be a lot faster in getting it right.