FabFilter Pro-Q 4 & Excite Audio VISION 4X Bundle (Exclusive)

FabFilter Pro-Q 4 & Excite Audio VISION 4X Bundle

When it comes to EQ, there's little argument as to which plugin has made the biggest impact on the music production scene over its distinguished lifetime - FabFilter's Pro-Q is a fully-featured equaliser system with incredible workflow and sound quality capabilities, and has become the mainstay of innumerable audio professionals worldwide and Pro-Q 4 is set to continue that legacy.

Now, exclusively available through our website, we're thrilled to be able to offer this amazing plugin with the new kid on the block in spectral analysis - Excite Audio's VISION 4X. Since its introduction, VISION 4X has similarly made an enormous impact on the audio editing and production scenes, with unparalleled and highly-detailed audio analysis capabilities which have seen it become a true leader in its class.

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FabFilter Pro-Q 4

24-band industry standard EQ.

Since its original release in 2009, FabFilter Pro-Q has become the trusted workhorse EQ plug-in for many engineers and producers around the world, widely praised for its workflow, sound quality and feature set. With version 4, we're bringing exciting new features to Pro-Q, introducing spectral dynamics, the instance list, EQ Sketch, vintage saturation and much more.

FabFilter Pro-Q 4 gives you the highest possible sound quality, a complete feature set, and a gorgeous, intelligent interface that is designed to help you get 'that' sound quickly and easily.

Mixing and mastering features

Pro-Q 4 offers everything that a demanding engineer could wish for: top-quality linear phase operation in addition to the zero latency and unique Natural Phase modes, smooth dynamic EQ, per-band mid/side processing, full surround support (up to Dolby Atmos 9.1.6), an intelligent solo feature, optional Auto Gain and a built-in, fully customizable spectrum analyzer.

Effortlessly sculpt your sound

Unique features like Spectrum Grab, Full Screen mode and EQ Match will speed up your workflow even more. Try it yourself!

FabFilter Pro-Q 4 is designed to help you achieve your sound in the quickest way possible. Via the large interactive EQ display, you can create bands where you need them, enable dynamic EQ for any band, and select and edit multiple bands at once.

FabFilter goodies

All the goodness of the Pro-Q 3 is still here: highest possible sound quality, dynamic EQ, Natural and Linear Phase processing, universal slope support for all EQ shapes, EQ match, a gorgeous, resizeable interface with full screen mode for easy and precise editing, up to 24 EQ bands, intelligent band solo mode, stereo or mid/side processing, intelligent multi-band selection and editing for maximum ease of use and efficiency, spectrum grab, GPU-powered graphics acceleration, double-click text entry of parameter values, different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing, Pro Tools hardware control surfaces support, MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B comparison, and an extensive help file with interactive help hints.

New in version 4

• Usability improvements and EQ Sketch. Wondered if you could ever just draw the curves you'd like? Now you can!
• The new Instance list lets you control all instances in your session via a single plug-in interface.
• Use Spectral dynamics to treat problem frequencies more precisely and efficiently.
• Setup your mixes with one of the Character modes to add that analog, vintage feel.
• The Dynamic EQ section has been improved, with Attack and Release settings, but also optional free side-chain filtering.
• You can now choose to use fractional slope settings if you need to, e.g. a 3.5 dB/oct LP or HP filter.
• Improved dynamic EQ processing for less distortion and cleaner sound.
• Improved precision in linear phase processing.
• New All Pass filter shape.
• You can now copy and paste EQ bands or presets, also between instances or via the new instance list.
• Improved analog matching in zero latency and natural phase mode.
• Change parameters directly via the value display in the EQ controller by dragging or with the mouse wheel.
• Overall new and fresh design.

EQ Sketch

Setting up initial EQ settings in your equalizer often involves adding a few bands to get started, like a low cut filter, a few bell filters and a high shelf, creating a general starting point. Wouldn't it be great if you could draw that curve in one gesture? Well... now you can!

Of course, EQ Sketch is not about adding many or very precise bands with specific settings; it's about sketching a global curve to start with, adding a few initial LP/HP filters, bells and shelves to start with in a fast and easy way. It might even take a bit of practice to get good at it, but once you do, it's a real time saver, especially in combination with the Instance list.

Dynamic EQ

One of Pro-Q 4's standout features is dynamic EQ. Any of Pro-Q's bands (with Bell or Shelf shapes) can be made dynamic, at any slope, with perfect analog matching and in Linear Phase mode.

The dynamic behavior of Pro-Q 4 has been carefully tuned and is highly program dependent: attack, release and knee all depend on the processed audio, the frequency range of the EQ band and the current dynamic range. This results in very natural and smooth sounding compression and expansion, useful for a wide range of dynamic EQing applications.

Spectral dynamics

Pro-Q 4 introduces a new variation on dynamic EQ: Spectral dynamics. With traditional dynamic EQ, the gain of an EQ band depends on the level of the input signal. In Spectral mode, Pro-Q 4 doesn't change the gain of the whole band, but triggers on specific frequencies within that band when it exceeds the threshold, leaving other frequencies untouched.

Spectral dynamic processing is a great way of treating varying problem frequencies in a much more subtle manner compared to using traditional dynamic EQing. Typically, you would need a separate, dedicated and often complex plugin for this type of processing, but Pro-Q 4 makes the process simple to use and easy to understand, as a logical extension of normal dynamic processing.

Instance List

With Pro-Q 4, you can now control any other Pro-Q 4 instance in your session from a single plug-in interface. This is a huge time-saver, making it much easier to setup initial EQing when starting a mix session.

Piano display

Using the Piano Display button at the bottom left of Pro-Q's interface, just above the bottom bar, you can toggle between the normal frequency scale and a piano keyboard display, via which band frequencies can be adjusted as well. The highlighted keys correspond to an 88-keys grand piano layout, ranging from A0 (27.5 Hz) to C8 (4186.01 Hz).

For every band in the display, there is a corresponding dot on the keyboard. You can interact with the dots in two ways:

• Click the dot once to quantize the associated band's frequency to the exact musical note.
• Click and drag the dot to change the frequency while keeping it quantized to musical notes.

While the piano display is active, parameter value displays that show a band's frequency will also show that frequency as a musical note (including cents offset). Note that at any time, also if the piano display is not showing, you can enter frequencies as musical notes. For example, you can double-click on the Frequency knob in the band selection controls and type "D#5 +13", or "A4"

Surround and Dolby Atmos

FabFilter Pro-Q 4 supports all important surround/immersive audio formats, up to 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos (depending on the DAW and plug-in format). When you add Pro-Q 4 to a surround channel, the interface automatically adapts itself to the used multi-channel format. The output level meter will show all channels, with appropriate labels to identify them.

In addition, the Stereo Placement button will now give access to a surround panel with more sophisticated options to choose which speakers are affected by the selected EQ bands.

EQ Match

Lets you choose or record a reference spectrum, compares it to the spectrum of the current input, and adds new EQ bands to make your audio sound like the reference signal. It gets you 'that' sound in less than a minute.

As the EQ Match process often involves comparing audio of different Pro-Q instances, it is available via the Instance list. Just hover above an instance item, click the menu button that appears at the center right, and choose EQ Match.

A top-quality EQ plug-in with perfect analog modeling, dynamic EQ, linear phase processing, and a gorgeous interface with unrivalled ease of use.

Features

• Highest possible sound quality
• Up to 24 EQ bands
• Universal filter slope support for all filter types, up to 96 dB/oct
• Auto Gain and Gain Scale
• Optional piano roll display to quantize EQ frequencies to musical notes
• Different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing
• Intelligent solo mode makes it easy to find problem frequencies and hear the effect of a band
• Phase Invert option to change polarity
• Large output level meter with peak level readout
• Operates in zero latency mode, linear phase mode with adjustable latency or the unique Natural Phase mode
• Different interface sizes and additional Full Screen mode
• Extreme CPU optimization: Pro-Q 3 uses very little CPU and memory, so you can use hundreds of instances in a session
• GPU-powered graphics acceleration
• Double-click text entry of parameter values
• Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
• Undo/redo and A/B comparison
• Smart Parameter Interpolation
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
• Extensive help file with interactive help hints
• Available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats (all both 64-bit and 32-bit)
• Optional Dynamic EQ mode for all bands (Bell and Shelf shapes), using any slope setting and with perfect analog matching, with optional external side chain triggering
• Gorgeous Retina interface with large interactive EQ display, multi-band selection and editing for maximum ease of use and efficiency
• Ultra-steep 'Brickwall' slope setting for LP and HP filters
• Filter shapes: Bell, Notch, High/Low Shelf, High/Low Cut, Band Pass, Tilt Shelf, Flat Tilt
• EQ Match feature to automatically match the spectrum of another Pro-Q 3 instance or an external signal
• Built-in spectrum analyzer with Pre-EQ, Post-EQ and external spectrum visualization, adjustable range, speed, resolution, tilt, freeze and collision detection
• External spectrum visualization from any other Pro-Q 3 instance, including collision detection
• Per-band mid/side or left/right processing, so you can EQ the mid, side, left or right signals separately
• Flat Tilt filter shape, a flat tilting correction curve over the whole audible frequency spectrum
• Spectrum Grab: just grab and adjust a peak in the real-time spectrum analyzer right away!
• MIDI Learn with option to control the currently active band
• Full surround support (up to Dolby Atmos 9.1.6) with intelligent speaker selection

Learn more about Pro-Q 4

VISION 4X

Get a deeper understanding of your sound than ever before with VISION 4X, a powerful visual analysis plugin with maximum precision.

Developed in partnership with electronic music trio NOISIA, VISION 4X gives you the insights you need to prepare your tracks ready for competition with today’s top mixes, and the clarity to make the right mixing decisions with confidence – however modest your setup.

Four Visual Dimensions

VISION 4X combines four custom-built visual analysis tools that work simultaneously in real-time, including a spectrogram, bar graph, waveform and phase correlation meter. Each analyser is displayed in its own resizable window, allowing you to scale the plugin’s UI to suit your workflow. 

Perfectly sync VISION 4X to your DAW and customise the analysis timeframe for any project. Choose to run the analysers continuously, or loop a section of time and let them overlay. Alternatively, if you want to hone in on a particular sound, set the plugin to retrigger whenever a MIDI signal is received – ideal for comparing kicks in real-time.

Spectrogram

VISION 4X’s powerful spectrogram provides enhanced low-end resolution, offering access to more information about the frequencies in your mix. Freeze the visualiser for a snapshot of your sound, zoom in to get a close-up of the frequency spectrum, and navigate the display to discover details that otherwise could be missed.

A selection of visualisation modes allows you to see your sound in whatever way you require. Transient mode is designed for showing the start and end point of notes, Harmonic mode gives a more detailed look at the harmonic content of a signal, and All-round offers the best solution for a general overview of your audio.

Customise the spectrogram’s display with ten Colour Maps to choose from, each one specifically selected for maximum information density when analysing sound. Brightness can be biased towards the low or high frequencies using Map Bias, and Range Hz and Range Db sliders give you total control over the frequency and volume range of the display.

Bar Graph

VISION 4X’s bar graph is a fully customisable spectrum analyser that can highlight the gain levels of the sustained frequencies in your sound. Choose to get an overview of how frequencies are distributed in your mix, or an intricate analysis, by varying the number of bars shown in the graph. The Speed of the bar graph’s movement can be adjusted to run alongside your track however you see fit, and you can easily spot peak levels using the Peak Hold sustain control.

VISION 4X also has a Spectrum Highlight feature that indicates resonant frequencies, which can be tailored for sensitivity and matched with the colour coding of the spectrogram.   

Understand and improve the balance of your mix by comparing it with reference curves from a range of genres, generated through an in-depth analysis of hundreds of tracks. Each reference curve has an average and a maximum value line, with overshooting clearly indicated in red – the perfect visual feedback tool for assurance in your mixing decisions. 

Waveform

As well as the spectrogram and bar graph, VISION 4X features a waveform analyser that enables you to carefully inspect your sound source. Alongside the plugin's other visualisers, you can use the waveform analyser to magnify soundwaves and gain valuable pitch, volume and timing information, with an intuitive colour-coded display.

The waveform analyser is accompanied by VU and RMS metering tools, allowing you to assess volume and loudness levels with ease. Keep track of the headroom for your mix with an overshoot highlighting feature that informs you when levels are going above 0dB.

Phase Correlation Meter

Explore the stereo dimensions of your sound with VISION 4X’s phase correlation meter, a tool that gives you an impression of your stereo spread and helps you to determine phase differences between the left and right channels. Any phase issues are clearly displayed along the centre line, helping you to maintain alignment and prevent any loss of audio when you’re converting to mono.

Features

• 4 real-time, high-definition visual analysers
• Customisable and resizeable layout
• 10 Colour Maps designed for maximum information density
• Customisable Frequency Range and dB Range for spectral analysis
• Freeze Display and Zoom-In functionality provides even deeper visualisation
• Focus the colour map on specific frequencies with Map Curve/Tone Bias
• Sync the analysis timeframe to your DAW
• 2 Display Modes - Continuous visualisation or Overlay for visualisation that loops a timeframe and redraws the analysis.
• MIDI retriggering - Restarts the analysis whenever a MIDI signal is received
• Information Bar shows pitch, note, dB and timing information on hover (A3 +7ct, -3.2db, bar 2.1.1)
• Stereo/Left/Right/Mid/Side modes
• Presets designed by Noisia
• M1 Native
• Standalone mode

Learn more about VISION 4X.

System Requirements - VISION 4X

Mac

• macOS 10.12 or higher (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
• VST2, VST3, AU, AAX

Windows

• Windows 10+ (32 or 64-bit)
• VST2, VST3, AAX

System Requirements - Pro-Q 4

MAC

• OS X macOS 10.13 or higher
• CPU: Apple Silicon or Intel processor
• Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX, OTHER

WINDOWS

• Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 or Vista
• Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AAX, OTHER