Some coders have very high and very fine ears, and master the musical computation. It is the case for the FLUX company which for I've tested the new Epure plug-in.

This equalizer belongs to the rare plug-ins, which make music instead of sound. During a 96 KHz session for a rather rock band, I've inserted around twenty of them. At first I've noted the code optimization, because of the very moderate DSP expense. Then, as usual, I wondered if sacrificing two equalizer sections for high pass and low pass filters, I wouldn't suffer of at least a parametric section shortage, regarding the three remaining sections. I did not, because I've observed that my corrections were not the same with Epure and with the software equalizer I used previously. I've equalized broader and much less than for my prior sessions. I loved the x2, /2, and Invert features which permit searching for the sensitive frequency by boosting, and inverting the gain value in a single mouse click. I loved the A/B Morphing, because it allows smooth changing. I also loved the gain, because all equalizers don't have this function, and it's a real must, when you need to compensate a gain reduction or the inverse. I think that this minimum phase equalizer offers both sweetness and musicality which are common on analog devices. For my part, I've used it on almost any kind of sources, especially voices, drums, basses...This plug-in is definitely one of my favorite devices, and it splendidly bears its name. Epure.

Yves Jaget
sound engineer