FabFilter

Hi,

Thanks for the compliments! We'd rather not make the solo mode something that can be permanently on. Currently we can at any time change the solo filtering to be more effective in an update; once we add the option to make it permanent, you could save it in a session and then we cannot change the sound anymore.

You can replicate the sound of the solo mode with (for a bell curve) a regular bell filter with +30 dB gain, and additional LP + HP filters to trim off the sides. You'll also need to decrease the output level depending on the input signal and the bandwidth.

Cheers,

Hi, Frederik. Could you please share the details to replicate the solo filtering? Can't get that sound with just bell boost and hp+lp. We need certain Q and filter orders at least.
And btw, it has built-in upward compression, right? How can one replicate this compression with fabfilter plugins?
ps: we need this solo lock very much! Cheers.

Yeah, that's a lot to do to recreate. If you guys could please create that option it would help free out our hands instead of having to hold down the click ... I advocate for this to be made a thing, please.

+1. Was looking for that exact option just now. Was hoping it already existed. Confused why not include it?

yeah this needs to be in the product. the basic ableton eq has it, why can't the otherwise best EQ in the world have it too?

Q3 noob, I use Sonnox Supressr for taming, eg harsh guitars, nasal tones in voice, everything. To do that, I switch it onto solo mode and then drag the band... so, I've gone in there because ears say "that aspect is a mess", so I'm going find it, drag the filter around until I find it - that is gruesome in Q3 - and then un-solo, and listen to how that sits in the mix... or leave it solo'd (and see if I can hear the nasty stuff). Usually then I notice that it's still there, and something else is contributing to the problem.

I'm working in a fast loop across many channels, and I need the solo lock to do that effectively.

So, the listening part needs me to leave the filter on solo while I move other (similar mid area) instruments - for example, two guitars, or the bite of strings vs the edge of a resonator guitar - or the crack of the snare - or the edge of the bass - ie all mix listening tasks

To work with Q3, I ended up using the Sonnox thing to identify the band, and then apply in Q3, and then go with the one that sounds better (the one that fixes it, with least sonic intrusion). So for fast mix work Q3 takes me twice as long to balance out the mid range ... and 100x the clicks needed to do simple stuff.

I think it's a cmd-click? Usability flaw - please tell me the feature is there and I'm just being an idiot haha

For trackpad users... to change Q while sweeping, hold 'command' and drag up/down. This works in and out of solo.

I believe mouse users can change Q via their scroll wheel.

I do agree that this could be more intuitive.
For years I thought Pro-Q should AT LEAST have a solo button on the floating controls. It's the only parameter that exists on the 'EQ Parameter Display' that can't be controlled on the 'Floating Controls'. I have defiantly found myself reaching for solo on the Floating Controls before (but it's not there lol)!

Another example of soloing is 'Ozone 11 Equalizer'. Option+click/hold allows you to 'preview' a narrow selection of frequencies without actually plotting a node. It's a fixed width (Q), but can be changed via 'Settings>Equalizer>Spectrum>Alt-Solo Filter EQ'.

You could describe it as a a kind of 'floating' band that disappears as soon as you let go of command. but... it doesn't lock the node to the horizontal axis, and doesn't allow you to plot a node if you are hovering above the 0dB line... which is terrible.

I must say, I do love that Pro-Q locks the node to the horizontal axis in solo mode (so we're not fooled by gain). PLEASE DON'T CHANGE THIS, it's great!

P.S. Please add a solo button to the 'Floating Controls', even if the functionality stays the same!

Another reason to have solo on the 'Floating Controls' is if 2 nodes are in close proximity, it's hard to solo the correct one. When you hover above the node to press the headphone button, the 'EQ Parameter Display' jumps to another node!

+1.

I'd much rather click to enable Solo, and then click again to un-Solo (just like how the Solo button works on every mixer), rather than hold it down to keep i ton.

PS. We need an Edit button on the forum! "i ton" LOL...