• McDSP AE600 Active EQ v7 interface with six coloured EQ bands on the response plot
  • McDSP AE600 Active EQ shown as a hardware-style unit at an angle
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McDSP - AE600 Active EQ HD

McDSP - AE600 Active EQ HD

£134.95
£134.95
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The McDSP AE600 Active EQ is a six-band dynamic equaliser with a choice of EQ shapes on every band, from clean parametric to Baxandall and vintage-style shelves. It's for engineers who want one EQ that can do static tone shaping and problem solving at the same time.

Six bands, six shapes

Every fixed and active band has its own gain, frequency, Q and mode. Modes include parametric, proportional Q parametric, 5x Q parametric, Baxandall shelving, vintage-style EQ and an X-style shelf. Bands overlap completely and can be triggered by the input or a side chain. Adjust them on the response plot or from the text readouts.

Active EQ that you can dial in quickly

Threshold, attack, release and McDSP's ratio control decide how each active band responds. Peak readouts for each band's key signal sit under the dynamics plots, so setting a threshold is a matter of reading a number rather than guessing.

The sound

Mostly transparent, with a little vintage colour available when you pick those modes. It's excellent for vocals and mix buses, where you can add a broad Baxandall lift and a narrow dynamic cut in the same instance. For simpler jobs the AE400 is lighter and cheaper.

HD or Native?

HD adds AAX DSP, so it runs on Pro Tools HDX cards and Avid VENUE S6L live consoles as well as natively on your computer. If you don't have HDX hardware, AE600 Active EQ Native does the same job for less.

Features

  • Six fully overlapping fixed and active EQ bands
  • Selectable EQ mode per band, including Baxandall and vintage shelves
  • Unique active EQ ratio control
  • Peak readouts for each band's key signal
  • Side chain support
  • Double precision processing, ultra low latency
  • Mono and stereo versions

System requirements

  • Version: 7.3
  • Mac: macOS 10.13 High Sierra to macOS 26 Tahoe. AAX DSP, AAX Native, AU and VST3. Native on Apple Silicon and Intel
  • Windows: Windows 10 and 11. AAX DSP, AAX Native and VST3
  • RAM: not specified by McDSP
  • Licence: iLok, on an iLok2 or iLok3 USB key, your computer or iLok Cloud (a free iLok account is needed). Two activations per licence

SOUND7 is an authorised McDSP reseller. Digital delivery: licence activation code sent by email.

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