Fat EQ controls in Final Cut Pro for Mac (2024)

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    • Logic effects included with Final Cut Pro
    • Add Logic effects to clips
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      • Main display and Damping EQ controls
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    • Test Oscillator
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    • DeEsser
      • Reduce noise with Denoiser
      • Denoiser controls
    • Fat EQ
      • Intro to PlatinumVerb
      • PlatinumVerb controls
  • Copyright

FatEQ is a versatile multibandEQ that can be used on individual sources or overall mixes. FatEQ provides up to five individual frequency bands, graphically displays EQcurves, and includes a set of controls for each band.

To add the Fat EQ effect to a clip and show the effect’s controls, see Add Logic effects to clips in FinalCutPro forMac.

Fat EQ controls in Final Cut Pro for Mac (1)
  • Band Type buttons: Located above the graphic display. For bands 1–2 and 4–5, click one of the paired buttons to select the EQtype for the corresponding band.

    • Band1: Click the highpass or low shelving button.

    • Band2: Click the low shelving or parametric button.

    • Band3: Always acts as a parametric EQband.

    • Band4: Click the parametric or high shelving button.

    • Band5: Click the high shelving or lowpass button.

  • Graphic display: Shows the EQcurve of each frequency band.

  • Frequency fields: Set the frequency for each band.

  • Gain knobs: Set the amount of gain for each band.

  • Qfields: Set the Q or bandwidth of each band—the range of frequencies around the center frequency that are altered. At low Qfactor values, the EQ covers a wider frequency range. At high Q values, the effect of the EQband is limited to a narrow frequency range. The Qvalue can significantly influence how audible your changes are—if you’re working with a narrow frequency band, you generally need to cut or boost more drastically to notice the difference.

    Note: For bands 1 and 5, this changes the slope of the filter.

  • Band On/Off buttons: Turn the corresponding band on or off.

  • Master Gain slider and field: Set the overall output level of the signal. Use it after boosting or cutting individual frequency bands.

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