The FlexEQ

The Flex EQ is one of the most flexible filters you can imagine: It contains an Envelope Follower, an LFO and 3 filter sections:
Low pass, Band pass and High pass. The frequency, q-factor and gain of the filters can be influenced by the Envelope Follower and by the LFO! Furthermore, as we have a habit of not making many compromises, you can expect dezippering on ALL important controls and parameters.
And to enable your computer to handle the necessary calculations in a reasonable amount of time, the processing algorithms are optimized for the "Pentium"-range(I,II and III) of processors : Processor-load is about 3% on a Pentium 133....

Other interesting features:

• The EQ is double oversampled .
• Even the LFO can be influenced by the Envelope Follower!
• You can control the complete FlexEQ (all parameters) by MIDI !            MIDI SUPPLEMENT
• Keying of one FlexEQ by the input of another FlexEQ in another channel is possible.
• All knobs can be quickly set by clicking on a stripe at the scale around it .
• The price is a mere $49,- You'll receive free updates for one year, any suggestions for improvement are welcome. We did think of a few ones for ourselves already.
• Download it here.

Header (VST only)

Envelope follower   

   Name: You can enter a name (to be used as a reference in external keying).
   Key: Specifies the input for the Envelope follower
              NOTE: When you save a song the "key" parameter is not supported by CUBASE (V. 3.7)
              1) Midi: control is possible by a midi-channel.    MIDI SUPPLEMENT
              2) Self:  speaks for itself.
              3) Name of another FlexEQ

   Attack: Attack time of the Envelope Follower (0.5 mSec. to 5 Sec.).

   Release: Release time of the Envelope Follower (0.5 mSec. to 5 Sec.).

The envelope follower creates a control signal corresponding with the amplitude of the key-signal.
The yellow vu-meter displays this control signal.
It rises quickly with a low attack value and rises slowly with a high attack value.
It descends quickly with a low release value and descends slowly with a high release value.

This control signal can be used to control the different sections of the flexeq (including the LFO).

LFO    

   LFO Wave form: Type of modulation: Triangle / Sine / Square / Saw

   Env. Mod.: Depth of LFO-modulation is controlled by the Envelope Follower
   (Negative value gives negative modulation ie, inverting the LFO-modulation )

   Master Mod: Controls the master LFO modulation of the
   Frequency - Q-factor - Low gain - Mid gain - High gain 
   (Negative value gives negative modulation ie, inverting the LFO-modulation )

   Env. Mod: Modulation (in Octaves) of the LFO frequency is controlled by the Envelope Follower
                                                      (Negative value gives negative modulation ie, lower frequency with higher Env values)

   Frequency: Frequency of the LFO.Turning it completely to the left will "Stop" and Reset the LFO for synchronization-purposes.
                      Also, when the LFO is stopped it will be in maximum-output, enabling you to use the MasterMod-control as a "manual LFO".

The Door closes the window of the Flex-EQ

The LFO is a Low Frequency Oscillator: It produces a signal from 0.06 Hz (1 period in 16 sec.) to 120 Hz.
The wave form can be: triangle / sine / square / saw (MasterMod negative gives the other saw!).
This signal can be used to control the different sections of the flexeq.

The amplitude of the LFO (the depth of modulation) can be controlled by the envelope follower.
The frequency of the LFO (the rate of modulation) can also be controlled by the envelope follower.

Frequency

   Frequency controlled by the Envelope Follower

   Frequency controlled by the LFO

   Frequency control

The "Frequency" defines the central frequency of the 3 filters:
   The low gain (low pass filter).
   The mid gain (band pass filter).
   The high gain (high pass filter).

Q-factor

    Q-factor controlled by the Envelope Follower

    Q-factor controlled by the LFO

    Q-factor control

The Q-factor defines the band width of the 3 filters:
Low Q-factor means wide band width.
High Q-factor means narrow band width.
Very high Q-factor results in oscillating of the filter (like the good old analog synthesizers !).

Low Gain

    Low Gain controlled by the Envelope Follower

   Low Gain controlled by the LFO

    Low Gain control

Mid Gain

   Mid Gain controlled by the Envelope Follower

  Mid Gain controlled by the LFO

   Mid Gain control

High Gain

   High Gain controlled by the Envelope Follower

   High Gain controlled by the LFO

    High Gain control

Mouse Control & Graphical Display

You finally can choose your favorite mouse control mode!

Graphical Display

     The Amp button:
     The green line shows the amplitude/frequency curve

     The Phase button: 
     The black line shows the phase/frequency curve

     The Dynamic button: Dynamic displaying of the selected curves, following the
     Envelope Follower and the LFO.

 The door closes the window of the Graphical Display

Download !

Registration must be done on the computer that you plan to use with FlexEQ, after registration you will receive a license-code that will only work on that computer.

1. Press the "Register"-button in the bottom right corner. A dialog will pop-up:
2. Fill in your name and email-address.
3. If you have an internet-connection: press the "Request License now"-button in the bottom of the main FlexEQ-window. If you don't have an internet-connection on the computer you plan to use with FlexEQ choose the "Write License-file to send later"-button and follow the instructions on the screen.
4. Pay us by pressing the 'Buy now" button below.
5. When you receive the license-code from us (usually within 1 working-day of receiving your payment) enter it in the "Register"-window of Step 1 above and press Register. You're done and you can go have uninterrupted fun !

NOTES:

When the FlexEQ is not registered it will operate in the demo-mode, about every 15 seconds the sound through it will be interrupted.
The FlexEQ is a MONO insert.

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