My goto EQ for my drumbus! Makes the lowend very big and highs very shiny! The M/S ability is killer! Highly recommended!
Great EQ
★★★★★
by The Second Law
I do miss an output gain, like a lot of other folks have said. However, aside from that, I think this is a wonderful EQ. It always gets the exact right sound, and while you can easily push it I find I never have to. Everything I put it on sounds richer. One of my favorite modeled EQs.
bx_2098
★★★★★
by Z
Excellent EQ - I like the "sheen" button which adds a little flavor to the upper-mids/highs. Very cool UI and useful metering. The green virtual rocker buttons alone make this worth the ride. Very clean sounding and looking. A joy to use.
Performance
★★★★★
by Bx-2098 eq
its a superb plugin for tonal modulation
Great Curves...
★★★★☆
by Aurasphere
Spoilt by so many eqs. This would get a 5 except for the following 1.UI desperately needs scalability 2. Its fine to model after analog gear but there should be preference for 'modern' which adds a couple of more bands and some finer q etc so that you dont have to use additional eqs...I would rather learn 1 intimately than fiddle with 10 options...its digital hehe...not like it costs any more to add them eg like hardware. Maybe this could just be an extra page called 'Detailed' with those specific additional features 3. Output gain with compensation Plugin doctors seems to say these are identical to the 9099. It really is super musical and is one of those plugins that benefits greatly from hardware knobs as the interactions using knobs is so different from the mouse experience...and FAST!
bx-2098
★★★★★
by postwavesound
outstanding, versatile, excels as a buss EQ, all the PA extras.
Oh yes please - 2098 EQ
★★★★☆
by Derynn
This goes on just about every track in my mix and a general sonic enhancer tool. The presets are fantastic and tweaking is really rich. I find the graphical EQs easier for surgical, but this is really sweet sounding. It also goes really nice on the master bus - again, the presets are a great starting point and tweaking is simple.
Plugin Alliance response
Thank you. What are you missing for a 5th star?
My New Favorite Acoustic Piano EQ...
★★★★★
by Lucas
I have to say this before all else: This is on my Top Five List of PA plugins in need of an "Added Scalable UI" update... and while I'm wishing, a dark option, similar to the makeover that the bx_console AMEK 9099 received. That out of the way... This hasn't become a mastering EQ for me, like a lot of people I've met have ended up predominantly using it for, but my piano EQ, as so long as I'm not looking for any blatant colour and want the overall tone to remain intact. Between the clean High and Low shelves I have the ability to make the EQ moves that I need on acoustic pianos, which are always small, gentle boosts, and well-defined notches, and this does that beautifully with a maximum boost of Q2, and a ridiculously tight notch of up to Q35. Add to that the Mid/Side option and there isn't any reason that this EQ can't bring out the best in any piano. Incidentally, shaping a piano is the only task other than gentle, overall mastering shifts that I could imagine anyone using the "Sheen" and, especially, the "Glow" buttons for, both of which extend your Low and High Ends into nearly the entire range, effectively warping any boosts or cuts done in the Low-Mid, Mid, or Mid-High. Still, it's an option which I appreciate as the mellow slopes can work nicely on the sides in M/S mode. And, I'd never knock off a star rating simply for lack of a larger UI, so Five Stars it is.
So sweet
★★★★★
by wrathofmaitreya
Sweet on either mix or master bus. Opens up the sound and the m/s adds another dimension.
bx_2098 - BEST EQ
★★★★★
by florinsdistortedvision
My first ever Plugin Alliance EQ plugin, I just had to get it. I have tried multiple EQ plugins, both parametric, graphic, even automatic AI EQ, nothing compares to this EQ. Makes me wish I had the original console :) . 2 features I absolutely love about this EQ is "Mono Maker" and "Stereo Width" which removes extra plugins I would've used. Brainworx always killing it with their plugins, will definitely buy more from them, awesome company and products!