I just checked the video out and don't understand why it is a time saver for music production. It looks just cool tho. Could you give me more details?

 

Dude, Gullfoss is on. Check it out.

 

Careful with that axe eugene...

 

not on OSX

 

ok maybe time saver for non official educated engineers
i think in the video they dont show the view sculptural like here.... much more easy and faster to read then overlapping 2d graphics like in all the others

 

First you need to know that i'm not a pro sound engineer, i'm just sharing my humble experience lol. and yes you can (or have to) use more than one EQ (It can make things much easier to "control" different tasks) + u have different kinds of EQs (digital (for surgery and neutral eq-ing) and analog (to "colour" the sound and give that "organic" touch)

From what i know it is always better to remove unwanted frequencies than to boost. you'll get much better results that way. good engineers almost never boost...

1- use low cut and high cut filters to remove the unaudible frequencies. they are not necessary and could mask frequencies used by other instruments that need them
2- find the bad frequencies and cut them. (you certainly know the technique of removing harsch frequenties), search by boosting with a very narrow slope and find the "horrid" ones, then cut them (the narrower the better, for more precision). take some time to do that, it is very important.
3- you can use another eq to eventually boost frequencies that you find useful (just a tiny amount), but remember it is always better to use a sound that has the needed frequencies in the first place. if you have to boost too much it means that your take or instrument is not appropriated and that you have to find another sound, or re-record your take using a different mic or mic position.
4- once you've done that, 90% of the job is done, you can now use smarteq, find the preset that fits. this eq will focus on the frequencies that give the character to your instrument. if your take is good, its corrections won't be drastic, it will help you with frequency masking or conflicts with frequencies used by other instruments (since every instrument has its own character), i think it is the main purpose of this eq. you can now "blend" with the dry/wet % if it takes you too far from what you wanted.
5- you can now use DSEQ and remove the last unwanted frequencies.
6- you can use a final low cut and high cut filter to get sure nothing wrong is left (specially if you used an "earth" or "air" eq to boost).

you have to use what i said with caution, but i think you should get good results if you do all these steps

one last thing, sometimes equing or compressing is simply just not necessary, as long as the track sounds good. these techniques are used to fix problems. if there is no problem then leave the track as it is. trust your ears ^^

i'm not sure I replied correctly to your "frequency masking" question but I hope this will help you.
one thing is sure you'll get more frequency masking if you boost everywhere, on every track. by removing you are much safer, you dont add more problems than you already have

oh and i forgot to say : with trackspacer you are gonna get rid of 90% of your left frequency masking issues, since you can choose the track you want to get on front of the others and use multiple sidechaining options with multiple instances.

these "time saver" plugins are really great, my sound has really improved since i use them...

 

Last edited: Apr 29, 2020

this plugin looks awesome

 

I tend to find plugins with a very detailed user interface, usually kind of classic and old-fashioned looking, make my stuff sound better with less work. Like, a lot of the Slate stuff can start to sound good just opening them up and not even doing anything. Things with more modern but cool interfaces can have great results moving some sliders randomly (Gullfoss, Newfangled Elevate). Stuff like Voxengo just makes things sound worse.