HeelAudio has introduced Duck EQ, a free dynamic equalizer effect plug-in for Mac.

Duck EQ is an Equalizer that reacts to a side chain input – a ducker that can act on specific frequencies. It can also work as a normal Ducker, as well as an all-or-nothing dynamic EQ.

Ducking has many applications in mixing and broadcast, especially for managing tracks with overlapping frequency content, like Bass and Kick Drum or Vocals and Electric Guitars. DuckEQ’s integration of EQ means it can duck specific frequency bands. Apart from ducking, there are many other applications that DuckEQ can be used, for example instead of ducking a signal, one could apply gain to the EQ bands and ‘EQ-Gate’ .

In many cases a Compressor with a sidechain input can do the job – but specialised duckers have more control over the gain reduction. For example, when ducking a guitar from vocal, a compressor will reduce the guitars more on loud words and less on quiet ones, which is the opposite of what is desired. A ducker reduces the gain the same amount every time.

Duck EQ is a free download at the HeelAudio site.

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