Sonnox® Oxford Dynamic EQ
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Go beyond traditional multiband compression.
The Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ plug-in for UAD hardware and Apollo interfaces gives you high-level control over the frequency content of your audio, helping you tackle the most demanding production challenges whether you’re mixing or mastering.
The first dynamic EQ on the UAD platform, the Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ plug-in is an excellent alternative to multiband compression, allowing you to sculpt and shape your sources with unending precision.Now You Can:
Apply EQ that’s triggered by the level of particular frequencies or by onset (transient) detection
Use dynamic tone shaping to tame boomy or harsh vocals, guitars, cymbals, and more
Process your audio using up to five fluidly overlapping frequency bands
Easily execute complex EQ tasks with the intuitive user interface
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Dynamic Performance
The Oxford Dynamic EQ plug-in gives you the best of both worlds — the precision of a static EQ, and the responsiveness and flexibility of a multiband processor. It also lets you dynamically shape the tone of your music without any of the phase artifacts or latency issues common to multiband compressors.
Fully Overlapping Bands
Unlike multiband compressors, which use crossovers to rigidly split up the frequency spectrum, the Oxford Dynamic EQ’s five frequency bands can overlap fluidly, giving you greater flexibility for both character modification and corrective processing.
Onset Detection
The Oxford Dynamic EQ plug-in’s Onset Detection lets you set the EQ processing to be triggered by transients. This provides you with a new level of precision for boosting or cutting percussive sources and even for controlling vocal sibilance.
Total Control
The Oxford Dynamic EQ offers multiple ways to refine and target its processing, giving you unprecedented flexibility. For each band you can choose stereo, mono, or mid-side operation, frequency-specific or onset detection or both, upward or downward compression or expansion, and independently adjustable side chain filters.
Ease of Use
Despite all its power and tweakability, the Oxford Dynamic EQ is as easy to dial in as a traditional EQ plug-in, and its user interface is logical, intuitive, and non-intimidating, whether you’re an experienced pro or a studio novice.
Customer Reviews
s. azevedo
October 17, 2020
Vocal Tracking Chain Complete!
Bought this based on a few UAD user reviews and glad I did. I'm using for tracking vocals just to dynamically tame the lows and highs. I find being able to visually see it work while...
Read Morej. kim
August 29, 2020
comp. eq. If these two things don't solve it...?
It works smoothly without being rough, so you can work while maintaining the original track tone. When the desired thing is not made well by using...
Read MoreE. Koch
August 18, 2020
perfect
i a have VST Dyn-EQ for sidechain work in my DAW...this one i wanted for real time tracking through my Apollo Twin, and it's perfect for that, ( for De-Essing, and as a dynamic gain stage...
Read MoreE. Koch
August 16, 2020
does what it does good.
i will put up a review on this latter... i just wanted to get the digital frequency carving sidechain idea across to UA.
Read Morer. nottage
August 16, 2020
What a EQ
This eq is smooth like butter . And makes anything your working on from vocals to instruments sound better. Could use a side chain , that would be my only issue .
Read MoreE. Koch
August 16, 2020
speaking of side chain compressors !!! ( the idea )
the purely digital approach would be the key there, but unlike this unit as well... or why no one has thought to put a filter, and level, on an alternate track side chain, and just...
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Features
Powerful dynamic EQ with signature Oxford professional-level transparency and control
5 bands of 'R3 Type 3' proportional-Q dynamic equalization with optional shelf type
All bands can overlap fluidly and process and/or detect from mono, stereo, mid, or side channels
Flexible per-band side chain controls
Allows up/down compression and up/down expansion
Optional onset detection for very precise transient processing
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Customer Reviews
Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ
s. azevedo
Vocal Tracking Chain Complete!
Bought this based on a few UAD user reviews and glad I did. I'm using for tracking vocals just to dynamically tame the lows and highs. I find being able to visually see it work while tracking has been a confidence game changer for me.
F. K
Sidechain support.
Great sounding Equalizer, I do however think Uad need to put the sidechain option like the Native version asap. its such a shame it doesnt have this option. The Native version is pretty CPU hungry but with AMD coming in with insane processing power for affordable prices I won’t be surprised if products like this gets absolute when not on par with the native version. There simply is no reason to buy this if you can get the full option version with side chain and resizable plugin window. Never the less great plugin from sonnox.
A. Cajide
Sidechain?
Come on where is the native sidechaining? Urgh I’m so disappointed. Please include it.
j. kim
comp. eq. If these two things don't solve it...?
It works smoothly without being rough, so you can work while maintaining the original track tone.
When the desired thing is not made well by using comp or eq
Using Oxford Dynamic EQ, how is this?E. Koch
perfect
i a have VST Dyn-EQ for sidechain work in my DAW...this one i wanted for real time tracking through my Apollo Twin, and it's perfect for that, ( for De-Essing, and as a dynamic gain stage )....
what i was getting at, with the Ducking Compressor Idea, is; i don't want coloration in ducking side-chain compression...so the Obvious Solution, for ducking, is a Purely Digital Side Chain Ducking Compressor...
just Side-Chain Source Routing, With 3 Knobs < and that's it....the 3 knobs are Freq, Q, and Level, ( just like one band of a fully parametric )...so anyway; the side-chain frequencies then would be simply subtracted from the subject, there by doing the ducking by carving their own custom frequency hole into the subject material..
maybe that idea would be best implemented as a LUNA plugin, or part of the LUNA console...
i can build something like that, for myself, in reaktor; just haven't gotten around to it yet..E. Koch
does what it does good.
i will put up a review on this latter...
i just wanted to get the digital frequency carving sidechain idea across to UA.r. nottage
What a EQ
This eq is smooth like butter . And makes anything your working on from vocals to instruments sound better. Could use a side chain , that would be my only issue .
E. Koch
speaking of side chain compressors !!! ( the idea )
the purely digital approach would be the key there, but unlike this unit as well...
or why no one has thought to put a filter, and level, on an alternate track side chain, and just digitally subtract those frequencies, in the adjusted amount, from the subject ???
get it ???B. Benton
Love it...but where's the side chain?
Very natural and easy to manipulate each band. However not having an external sidechain option is a major flaw. Therefore I give it 3 stars as opposed to 5. UA, please update. =)
V. Stilu
External sidechain
I would love to use this plugin because all Sonnox plugins sound awesome but unfortunately, with the UA-version you can´t pick an external source for the sidechain which I use very often. I hope you guys are working on this!
S. Shaw
Can't believe how clean it is
I demoed this when I ran out of ideas for suppressing room resonance, and wow, Sonnox's dynamic EQ works so cleanly! Very satisfied with the artifact-less result. Definitely added to my arsenal.
C. Vela
Works great as a gate for eliminating background noise in a noisy room in realtime
I demoed this and set it up for voiceover work where the fan on my CPU was making me crazy. Really easy to setup a threshold in the high frequencies so that only the vocal comes through. Now that being said.. I am sad that this doesn't have sidechain. If it had sidechain it could replace the Fab Pro-Q 3 in a lot (but not all) instances and I would give it 5 stars. I pray your engineers are hard at work on sidechain for this and LUNA.
S. Tib
The most gentle and natural dynamic
I do lots of audio-post production where I use constantly dynamic EQ like Izotope Neutron EQ to control the resonance without changing too much the timbre. sonnox Dynamic EQ is so gentle and transparent! Maybe the smoothest one of all. It’s great addiction, Even if it has only 5 bands, it’s worth it at 50% it will be always on my chain alongside of the Izotope one!
S. Roy
Sonnox
Like all the other UAD products, it's well worth the investment.
The Oxford dynamic Eq works effeciently on all my tracks and mixes.
Great tool!
T. Midtgaard
Sidechain?
This is a must. Come on.....
M. K
Will y’all please add sidechain???
Please add sidechain support to this plugin
M. Nyheim
Making buses bounce
this is a great plugin. Only missing the sidechain external source. Please
S. Bluemm
Great dynamic EQ
This is a great dynamic EQ plugin. Of course it is a shame that there is no external side-chain support and therefore its use is limited on the UAD platform, but it offers great control and sound quality if the use case does not require an external key signal. Hoping that they will deliver external side-chain support one day.
F. Lockwood
Excellent
Excellent comme tout UAD
F. Lockwood
Excellent
Excellent comme tout UAD
