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Problems with external spectrum off
Ive been in Abelton for years using EQ eight and three , I want to use FFQ3. I have the license and was looking thru videos. My work flow is simple as I wanted to use instances of the plug in on certain channels like Kik, Bass and a few mid range frequency instruments. I was looking at a tute and according to that if I want to fix the clash between my kk and bass would have to have THREE instances of Q3, one on the kik another on the bass and another on the master. I did all of this but cant get the external spectrum mode to go on. My goal is to have kik one color overlade by the bass , another color and eq then both together to see the clash spots. I wanted to do the same with other instances of the plug in on other tracks as well. I have not found a tutorial which explain this as the external spectrum off explaination came from chat GPT. Any help ?
Hi Ralph,
You don't need three instances to see an overlay of another track.
If you have Pro-Q 3 on Bass and Kick, you can open one instance and select the other track for the external spectrum. Open the analyzer menu at the bottom bar of the plug-in. At the top right of the menu you will see SC with a small arrow. If you click the arrow you will see all other instances of Pro-Q 3, and you can select which one you want to see in the external spectrum.