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.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
T. Young
June 18, 2022
Recently purchased and already loving it on my mixes. UA has the best plug-ins
Read MoreJ. Boehme
May 16, 2022
Side-Chain signal path not clear
Working without sidechain enabled does a good job. In the manual I see the following explanation: You can select to feed the side chain with: • Stereo (both channels equally) •...
Read Morec. colombo
January 15, 2022
Wonderful Sonnox product
A very nice tool with many smart options. A Clean sound and a super clear display Love this plugin.
Read MoreE. Amador
October 12, 2021
GRAB IT WHILE ITS 50% OFF
Demo it first. I use a X4. I tried waves and fab filter. I own fab filter. This one won. definitely worth $250.00. It's super transparent. The best thing about it is the compression...
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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
T. Young
Recently purchased and already loving it on my mixes.
UA has the best plug-insM. Jonkergouw
Crashes
Honestly I haven't used this plugin very much so I but I did the other day and it crashes with the latest UA software and Monterey 12.3 and 12.4.
K. Perkowski
Don't waste your money on that shit like me 0/5
This plug in crashes on logic pro 10.7.4 and reason 12.2
system: MacOS Monterey 12.3.1
uses too much dsp 60/100 for one plug in $150 lost....J. Boehme
Side-Chain signal path not clear
Working without sidechain enabled does a good job.
In the manual I see the following explanation:
You can select to feed the side chain with:
• Stereo (both channels equally)
• Left only
• Right only
• Mid only
• Side only
This looks like the sidechain control signal is taken from the main bus after the master fader.
But if I would add the dynamic eq e.g. to a voice channel and select one of the available sources the voice would already be part of the master out signal.
Do I understand someting wrong here? Which point in a complete mixer workflow (input - pre fader - post fader - subgroup - main) is taken as sidechain source when I place the plugin on a voice channel and select on of the options?J. Metzger
Junk
This plug in crashes pro tools , even if it’s the only plug in , inside a session . Uad needs to sort this out , I paid a lot of money and now all of a sudden it doesn’t work .
c. colombo
Wonderful Sonnox product
A very nice tool with many smart options.
A Clean sound and a super clear display
Love this plugin.V. Dalloz
No wave form or EQ curve analysis
Great sounding Plugin but does not show the EQ curve either on track or master BUS inserts. Option supported via other DAWs when referring to online videos.. @UAD any idea on the concern ?
External SC not supported as well.S. PHILIP
It’s a keeper
This one is a keeper… it’s more than an eq…
P. Fricker
No external side chain in Logic Pro.
There is no external side chain when using this EQ in Logic Pro. Im sure it has lots of other functionally, but why have a side chain function if there's no external side chain input?
M. Vogel
good tool
It does the job - nicely and transparent!
E. Amador
GRAB IT WHILE ITS 50% OFF
Demo it first. I use a X4. I tried waves and fab filter. I own fab filter. This one won. definitely worth $250.00. It's super transparent. The best thing about it is the compression techniques it has. I use it on my vocal chains & occasionally on my master bus. It really helps push vocals. I also use it on drums too. Only downside is, it's DSP hungry. If It could use less dsp that'll be dope!
D. Murphy
Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ
The name says it all... exactly what you expect. Works great.
s. jun
I really like this
I really like this
S. Sommer
Guter dynamischer EQ - ext. Sidechain fehlt leider
Dieser dynamischer EQ arbeitet und klingt gut. Benutze ihn vor allem für Vocals und Subgruppen.
Bitte fügen Sie die ext. Sidechain Funktion hinzu! -> diese fehlt leiderM. Maranghello
It is okay
It does what it is supposed to do. Not a great sounding EQ by any means, but it helps taming some frequencies here and there. This is the only plugin that consistently made LUNA crash, but I expect that to be fixed. Try the demo first. Nor my finest purchase in the UAD store.
D. Brand
Nice dynamic EQ
Good dynamic EQ, good precision and transparent, but the i prefer a Fabfilter for utilisation on the other hand The sound is better !
S. Shaw
Great plugin, but go for native
This is a really clean dynamic EQ and definitely not just for surgical removals! Feel free to explore presets and use it as an enhancer. The Mid/Side is killer. However, I'd recommend buying native because UAD platform doesn't support Side Chain and there's little reason tracking with this.
p. sciola
Exelent
it's an amazing eraser,
the change that it made when it was very bigG. Werner
No external sidechain ???
No external sidechain 2021...??? What a joke... Love the EQ but it's unusable in a lot of situations with the lack of this feature.
J. De mendonca
wow!
amazing plugin
