DH Plugins LFO-EQ-1

Modulating your EQ parameters opens up a multitude of exciting effects. Can this affordable plugin really hit the mark? Jon Musgrave finds out

- Jon Musgrave

£39

PC MAC

Contemporary EQ plugins tend to fall into two categories, either emulating classic hardware with all its idiosyncrasies, or harnessing the power of software to deliver flexibility simply not possible in the analogue domain. LFO-EQ-1 is the latest version of DHPlugins’ modulation EQ, and falls firmly into the latter category, taking a regular EQ format and throwing in LFO and envelope control as well as four effects modules.

The core design is a 5-band EQ with three parametric bands joined by a high-shelf/lowpass filter and a low-shelf/high-pass filter. The middle band also gets an all-pass phaser mode. All five bands offer a full frequency range (20Hz to 20kHz) with +/-24dB gain, individual bypass and wet/dry mix. Parameters can be changed using the controls or via the graphic display nodes, and the display also has an optional frequency analyser.

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