Perhaps a bandpass type deal when moving around the frequency and Q to hunt for those harsh or muddy frequencies? I'd have an optional solo band auto engage button so that it solos that particular band when sweeping across the frequency or changing the Q value.
It sounds like a severely narrow bandpass filter being swept across the spectrum. I've heard that sound before with shortwave radio, when you apply a ridiculously narrow filter (like you'd use for Morse Code reception) to a voice- modulated SSB signal. It's no longer recognizable as voice.
That's a much clearer demonstration of what's going on. I just tried using the bandpass setting in the filter block with a high Q and the block level turned up and it works great. I can then pop those values into the PEQ so make some cuts with a high Q there. Furthermore, I can use the RTA on the hardware display to look out for amplitude peaks while I'm sweeping to really hone in on the cuts.
In that case I'll revise my request - add a bandpass option to the PEQ to save swapping between the filter and PEQ block when sweeping frequencies. As always thanks for everything you do Cliff, I watched the video I posted while writing this and and thought to myself "I can understand if people think i've gone off the deep end"
I prefer your original wish. Have an option that, while the frequency parameter for a band is being adjusted, filters the audio through a narrow band pass filter whose center frequency corresponds to the position of the frequency parameter. Once the parameter is no longer being adjusted, normal operation resumes. I use the bx plugin, and this function makes isolating frequencies of interest much easier.That's a much clearer demonstration of what's going on. I just tried using the bandpass setting in the filter block with a high Q and the block level turned up and it works great. I can then pop those values into the PEQ so make some cuts with a high Q there. Furthermore, I can use the RTA on the hardware display to look out for amplitude peaks while I'm sweeping to really hone in on the cuts.
In that case I'll revise my request - add a bandpass option to the PEQ or a solo option per band (like the MBC). As always thanks for everything you do Cliff, I watched the video I posted while writing this and and thought to myself "I can understand if people think i've gone off the deep end"
Hence the word "option", just as it is in the bx plugin. A checkbox or button turns it on and off.