Still, the article ends with recommendations for use cases and purchasing recommendations, so read on if auto EQ might be something for you in this “balanced” overview. Note that this is not a shootout: all three products have their strengths, but slightly different foci. What a beautiful time to be reviewing VST plugins! Three different products, all aiming to facilitate mixing decisions, with an aptitude for taming sibilance and removing muddiness. Here, I’m taking a closer look at three newly released “intelligent” equalizer plugins: soothe2 by oeksound, Smooth Operator by BABY Audio, and Sonible’s new smart:EQ 3 plugin. The last couple of years have given us some innovative plugins, and quite a few dynamic EQs have appeared.
I’ve always been on the lookout for synths and effects that redefine how we create music or that redefine music itself.
