Product Description
Mix | Create | Repair
Pushing Boundaries with proximity:EQ+
The Proximity Module of frei:raum.
Meet the EQ plug-in that effortlessly edits the proximity of your audio sources. Whether it’s music or speech – the proximity:EQ+ gets you closer to premium sound.
It’s a rare occasion when you actually manage to put on tape the perfect mix you’ve had spinning around in your head. We’ve all been there: you’re entering postproduction with high hopes, only to realize that the sound of your first few seconds of recording takes you right back to your old rehearsal room in the basement. It’s to fix this problem that we developed the proximity:EQ+.
Thanks to its adjustable settings for direct sound and reverberation, this plug-in lets you retrospectively shape the room’s acoustics, any way you can imagine. This intuitive tool lets you turn fuzzy recordings into crisp statements, diplomatically put an overambitious singer in the back, or give that muffled bass the kick it needs.
Features
Control your room acoustics:
Get Closer to the Source: When you’re out doing interviews to record valuable content, the acoustics can be merciless. Didn’t manage to get the mic close enough to your interviewee’s mouth? The proximity:EQ+ lets you pull the voice closer to the listener. By amplifying direct sound, you can put emphasis on the voice, making it much clearer. This neat little procedure also comes in handy when a piano recording sounds fuzzy. By reducing the room acoustic particles, the individual sound pieces fall perfectly into place to create a clean sound pattern.
Create More Room: Alternatively, you may have gotten your mic too close to your sound source. This phenomenon occurs quite frequently when we’re sitting in the studio post-producing choir recordings. Luckily, the sophisticated proximity:EQ+ provides the room the polyphony it requires. At the push of a button, it increases the natural room acoustic particles, making the individual voices harmonic in the bigger orchestral body. Amplifying the reverberation can also create a nice ambience effect, which you can easily use for movie postproduction. With the proximity:EQ+, you can acoustically fade out a scene, or even simulate tracking shots - simply amplify the reverberations, and you’re doing tricks fit for Hollywood.
Ideal Room Acoustics at One Click: Even when you have the microphones meticulously planned out and perfectly positioned, you can hardly change the room’s acoustics. However, with the technical refinements of the proximity:EQ+, you can remove spatial hurdles with the click of a mouse, even when bad acoustics are jeopardizing the set. The plug-in instantly separates direct sound from the echo, and makes it easy for you to improve your audio tracks.
Who is Using proximity:EQ+?
Mixing Engineers
proximity:EQ+ is the perfect tool when it comes to complex or time critical mixing tasks. The highly specialized signal processing of proximity:EQ+allows mixing engineers to easily match the spaciousness of individual tracks in projects of any size.
Sound Designers
From subtle modifications of natural sounds to the excessive reshaping of complex audio material - proximity:EQ+ is a great creative tool for designing sounds or customizing soundscapes for movies or games
System Requirements
MAC:
- OS X 10.7+ (macOS 11 Big Sur only supported on Intel-based Mac systems)
- RAM - at least 4 GB (recommended)
- CPU - at least intel DualCore i5 (recommended)
- Plug-in formats - AU, VST2 (Universal Binary), AAX
- iLok License Manager is required to install sonible software (activation is optional)
PC:
- Windows 7+
- RAM - at least 4 GB (recommended)
- CPU - at least intel DualCore i5 (recommended)
- Plug-in formats - VST2 (32/64 bit), VST3, AAX
- iLok License Manager is required to install sonible software (activation is optional)
Important Notes:
- In order to install this sonible product, you must have the iLok License Manager installed on your computer. You DO NOT need an iLok account or a physical iLok USB Dongle.
- macOS 11 Big Sur is only supported on Intel-based Mac systems.
Please note - To use sonible plugins on an M1 Mac, you may need to launch your DAW under Rosetta (right-click the application icon, select "Get Info" and then select "Open using Rosetta"). Note that many DAWs do not yet support macOS Big Sur, so it is important to check your DAW's website for compatibility info before updating.
View Installation Instructions
Note: frei:raum is used as an example
To install and activate your product directly within the plugin authorisation window, you must have the iLok License Manager application installed on your computer. You aren't required to activate your plugin through the iLok licence manager, but you can activate your software on an iLok USB dongle if you have one.
If you don't already have the iLok License Manager installed please check out this article - Getting Started with the iLok License Manager.
Mac Installation
1. Download the installer file from your Sounds Space account
2. Double Click and open the installer file > Double-click the ‘frei:raum installer mac.mpkg’ file.
3. Begin the Installation Process > Click Continue.
4. Read through the Terms & Conditions of the Licence Agreement > Click Continue > Click Agree.
5. Select a computer disk location in which to save your software onto > Click Continue.
6. Select which software formats you wish to Install > Click Continue.
7. Confirm the Installation > Click Install.
8. The Installation of your software has completed > Click Close.
9. Open/restart your DAW and load your sonible software. Please note that you may need to refresh/rescan your DAW plugin list if you can't locate it.
Standard Activation Instructions
1. Locate and open the sonible software in your DAW.
2. Copy & paste/manually enter the licence key/serial code that is available in your Sounds Space account > Click Register.
3. Your sonible software has now been successfully registered and authorised > Click Close.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW!
iLok Activation Instructions
You can now easily manage your sonible license(s) in the sonible User Area Dashboard and can either use both activations on two different computers or have one activation on an iLok USB dongle and the other one on a computer.
If you would like to add one activation to your iLok USB dongle, please visit the sonible My account page, enter your code and click 'Register license key'.
For more information, check out the following article from sonible - Your User Area Dashboard.
PC Installation
1. Download the installer file from your Sounds Space account
2. Unzip the downloaded folder and Double click the file to open/run the installer > Select your preferred language (English/German) and Click OK.
3. The Installation process has now begun > Click Next.
4. Select which version or versions of the software that you wish to install (32/64-Bit) > Click Next.
5. Read the Terms & Conditions of the Licence Agreement > Select 'I Accept the Agreement' if you accept the terms > Click Next.
6. Your software is now ready to install on your computer > Click Install.
7. Your software is now installed > Click Finish.
8. Open/restart your DAW and open your sonible software. Please note that you may need to refresh/rescan your DAW plugin list if the software fails to appear.
Standard Activation Instructions
1. Locate and open the sonible software in your DAW.
2. Copy & paste or manually enter the licence key/serial code that is available in your Sounds Space account > Click Register.
3. Your sonible software has now been successfully registered and authorized> Click Close.
Your software is now activated and ready to use in your DAW!
iLok Activation Instructions
You can now easily manage your sonible license(s) in the sonible User Area Dashboard and can either use both activations on two different computers or have one activation on an iLok USB dongle and the other one on a computer.
If you would like to add one activation to your iLok USB dongle, please visit the sonible My account page, enter your code and click 'Register license key'.
For more information, check out the following article from sonible - Your User Area Dashboard.
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