thEQorange

Supreme Remedial Linear Phase Equalizer

Linear Phase Without Compromise

A linear phase EQ with unparalleled clarity. For mastering ears, and other discerning engineers.

thEQorange is an 80 bit two pass, time domain, linear phase mastering EQ. Some very accomplished mastering engineers consider thEQo to be the ultimate LP software equalizer.

It provides exceptionally low distortion, not typically achievable with frequency domain LP methods. Its complex internal architecture, sophisticated signal windowing, and applied calculation precision all contribute to its exceptionally natural sound and exacting fidelity.

Unobtrusive Power

thEQorange’s powerful features hide behind its clean and simple UI. It packs all the advanced features you need into one resizable window that’s easy on the eyes. Not only does the UI “get out of the way” so you can be more productive, MAAT have incorporated industry–first features that speed your workflow, neatly packaged to make thEQorange easy and intuitive to use. An example is the ability to freely assign Sections to either stereo [left/right] or sum/difference [L+R/L-R] at the same time.

Subtle Functionality

MAAT have brought pristine fidelity and innovative user interface design to what used to be an unremarkable product category. With four monitoring modes, an ergonomic and uncluttered interface, intelligent monitor auto–gain plus crazy good sound, you’ve got to try thEQorange for yourself.

Better By Design

Whether you’re looking for surgically precise repair, colorless correction, or simply baggage–free spectral contouring, MAAT's proprietary, precision algorithm delivers on the promise of linear phase correction. For clean up and control duties, bring the power and purity of thEQorange to bear for all your surgical equalizing tasks.

Features

• Exclusive Contribution Control™ — positive addition only, negative addition only, EQ contribution only, and “normal” EQ out helps to aurally keep track of your progress
• Proprietary algorithms result in extremely low noise and vanishingly small nonlinear distortion
• Unique EQ design results in no perceptible unwanted coloration with mixes (processing artifacts well below -100 dBFS) — work with clarity, transparency, and definition
• Equal delay at all frequencies regardless of filter settings, perfectly preserving the time relationship of harmonics in the original signal
• Operates at up to 384 kHz sampling rate, suitable for high resolution audio (HRA), DSD or DXD production and post
• Extended resonant or center frequencies up to 174.14 kHz, for processing in ultrasonic and near ultrasonic for all HRA production and post
• Exceptionally transparent ELF response, perfect for DC removal
• 12 sections with 5 freely assignable parametric filter types; bell, low shelf, high shelf, low cut, and high cut
• 5 freely assignable Panorama modes; stereo, mono (sum), L-R (difference), left–only and right–only
• 80 bit internals (long double floats) virtually eliminate rounding errors
• Adjustable Q for bell and high/low pass filters make musical adjustments easy
• Adjustable slope for shelving filters improve precision in the pass and stopbands
• Double the stopband attenuation (ripple) compared to other filter implementations
• Additional low and high pass filters can be overlapped to achieve steep “brickwall” slopes
• Special oversampling for reduced aliasing when working with baseband (44.1 & 48 kHz) sample rates
• No coloration or amplitude bumps even at very low frequencies
• Optional inbuilt tone generator makes for quick location of trouble spots
• SORT function organizes active Sections in ascending order
• TUNE function aligns center frequencies to Western tunings
• Sections have Solo and FLIP to quickly find and address trouble spots
• Grid snap toggles between surgical and musical applications, emulating popular hardware resonant frequency choices, including Maselec and Manley
• True Peak metering to avoid overs
• AutoGain for effortless A/B comparisons
• Resizable frequency response display for easy, high precision adjustments

Extras

• Exclusive dual view, monochrome/color real time spectrogram with user adjustable temporal wiper lets you choose “when” to transition to low clutter monochrome
• Choice of parametric editing via numerical fields or directly on the graphical display
• Complete setup exchange across multiple instances

System Requirements

• Available formats: AAX Native (Pro Tools 10.3.10 and newer), AU, VST 2, VST 3
• macOS 10.9 and newer, 64 bit only
• Windows 7 and newer, 32 & 64 bit
• OpenGL 3.2 or newer