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Trying to use the vocal channel effect to create a specific vocal effect and I'm unable to do so because the parameters have limits on them.

Like the High Pass stops at 300Hz so I can't high pass any higher than that.

Please remove these arbitrary limits on the effect. In any EQ in any Digital Audio Workstation you'll find out there today you can move the knots of the EQ to any position you desire to create whatever sounding effect or to sculpt the audio in any way you want.

Right now these limitations on the parameters are just limiting with no benefit at all.

The Fairlight EQ and the Vocal Channel AFX are modelled after Analogue Console EQs which have specific frequency band restrictions. When these virtual controls are mapped to physical controls, the behaviour is identical to working on an Analogue Console.

The Harrison Ava LegacyQ plugin (the equivalent to their MPC film console EQ), for example, behaves in exactly the same way.

And there I keep requesting more limits to be imposed on the Fairlight EQs, such as each band's Gain to be fixed to 1dB steps instead of being variable.

I get that analogue EQs have band limits, but that isn't what this is here. I guarantee you the high pass or low pass filters can sweep the entire frequency band.

Especially if this is supposed to be a "Vocal Channel" effect, and therefore be very generalized for many uses.

If you want to have another EQ called "Classic" that has all the limitations of hardware then that's fine too.

If this thing is supposed to be rivaling other Audio Post software then it's gotta have the kind of flexibility they have in these very basic areas.

Dustin Bowser wrote:If this thing is supposed to be rivaling other Audio Post software then it's gotta have the kind of flexibility they have in these very basic areas.

The Fairlight system's Channel EQ has the same limitations, a system far ahead of other Audio Post systems almost decade before ProTools could apply transparent gain changes, or perform simple things like Clip Gain and Clip-based effects.

That's cool. But speaking as someone who does the work and needs the tools, my request remains.

You could always use a 3rd EQ plugin - literally thousands available both paid and gratis.

seems a bit silly that a Flagship audio workstation as a new feature and the answer to having a proper high pass filter is third party plugin?

Like buying a Tesla and then saying I could always try a scooter to get work?

Not in vocal strip but on channel EQ you can grab the point with your mouse to move the range.