FabFilter Pro-Q 2 Readme

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Version: 2.01
Build date: September 12, 2014

* Disclaimer

FABFILTER, FREDERIK SLIJKERMAN AND FLORIS KLINKERT, AUTHORS OF THE FABFILTER PRO-Q
2 EFFECT PLUGIN, SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL FABFILTER, FREDERIK SLIJKERMAN AND FLORIS
KLINKERT, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE A FABFILTER PRODUCT MAY CAUSE, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES.

* What is FabFilter Pro-Q 2?

FabFilter Pro-Q 2 is a transparent, high-quality EQ plug-in for mixing and

mastering purposes, with up to 24 bands and a gorgeous interface for easy and
precise editing. With its unique Natural Phase mode, it matches both the magnitude
and phase response of analog EQ'ing perfectly. Innovative features like Spectrum
Grab and Full Screen mode together with its intelligent interactive EQ display make
Pro-Q 2 an absolute joy to use.

For more information, see www.fabfilter.com/products or refer to the Introduction

chapter in the FabFilter Pro-Q 2 help file.

* What's new in FabFilter Pro-Q 2.01?

Improved the piano display: you can now drag multiple selected curves in parallel,
and double-clicking the piano display creates a new curve at this position.

Improved solo mode for Bell and Notch filters to better isolate the frequency area
of interest. When soloing Low/High-Cut filters, the Q value now always stays the
same, making it easier to just fine-tune the frequency.

Added support for displaying the current EQ curve in Avid's S6 control surface.

Fixed a bug in the Auto Gain feature: it would not correctly compensate bands that
are in per-channel mode (L/R or M/S). For example, splitting a stereo band would
double the auto gain effect. This now works as intended while preserving
compatibility with existing saved sessions. If you have a saved session that uses
Auto Gain, simply disable and re-enable Auto Gain to get the new behavior.

Fixed a bug in the VST3 plugin that could cause the sound to stay the same (not
using the new parameter values) after using Undo or loading a preset.

Fixed a bug in the VST3 plugin that caused the saved parameter state to be ignored
when opening a saved Audio Montage in WaveLab 8 (this fix is not needed for WaveLab
8.5.10).

Fixed a bug in the VST3 plugin that caused the latency to be reported as zero when
opening a saved Audio Montage in WaveLab 8 and 8.5.

Fixed a bug in Natural Phase mode that could cause an incorrect frequency response
with some rare combinations of frequency and slope settings with Low Cut and Notch
filters.

Fixed a bug when double-clicking a control to enter a new value: clicking outside
the input box now accepts the new value while previously it would discard it.

Fixed a bug in the AU plugin: pressing Cmd+Q to quit the host while Pro-Q 2 was in
full screen mode would cause it to crash.

Fixed a bug when zooming out in the display when Analyzer Freeze is enabled: this
would create a large blob on the left side of the display in the analyzer.

Fixed a bug with Full Screen mode in the 32-bit VST2 plugin in Cubase on Mac OS X
when 'Always on top' was enabled: the plugin window would float on top of the full
screen window. In addition, keystrokes are now correctly passed to Cubase in this
case (e.g. playback start/stop).

Small other bug fixes and improvements.

* What's new in FabFilter Pro-Q 2?

- Introducing Natural Phase mode, which not only perfectly matches magnitude
response of analog EQ'ing, but also closely matches the analog phase response. It
delivers the most accurate frequency response and best sound quality, even at the
lowest frequencies and highest Q settings, without introducing noticable pre-ring
or a long latency!

- Introducing Full Screen mode. With just the click of a button, Pro-Q 2 instantly
fills the whole screen, making super-precise adjustments easy and fast.

- Introducing Spectrum Grab. Did you ever wonder how it would be if you could just
grab that obvious peak in the frequency spectrum analyzer? That's possible now!

- Introducing slope support for all EQ filter shapes. Everyone is used to having
different slope options for low- and high-pass filters. But Pro-Q 2 introduces the
unique option of having control over the slope of any EQ shape. So for example, you
can make ultra-narrow bell filters or very steep shelves. Also, Pro-Q 2 now
supports filter slopes up to 96 dB/oct, including 18 dB/oct, 30 dB/oct, 36 dB/oct
and 72 dB/oct.

- Highly improved linear-phase mode, now offering a better magnitude response while
avoiding possible artifacts in the lower resolutions. Also, frequency, gain or Q
changes in linear-phase mode will sound smooth, no zipper effects whatsoever. This
might sound trivial, but it's actually quite unique in linear-phase processing!

- Introducing new EQ shapes: Tilt and Band-Pass, in addition to the existing Bell,
High/Low Cut, High/Low Shelf and Notch filter shapes.

- Introducing Auto Gain. When enabled, output gain is automatically adjusted to

compensate for the audible gain loss or increase introduces by the active EQ bands.

- Introducing Gain Scale, which can be used to scale the gain of all current EQ
band (that have a gain setting, i.e. Bell and Shelf filters) between 0% and 200%.

- Introducing Gain-Q interaction. When enabled, Q and gain influence each other in
a pleasant way often found in analog mixing consoles.

- Introducing EQ Match mode, which can be used to automatically match the frequency
spectrum of a signal routed to the plug-in's side-chain input.
- Introducing a piano display. When enabled, the frequency scale is replaced by a
piano display, via which band frequencies can be adjusted/quantized by clicking and
dragging.

- Introducing phase-invert option.

- Highly improved CPU optimization. Pro-Q 2 is more than twice as efficient as its
predecessor!

- Improved analog magnitude matching in zero-latency mode.

- Improved spectrum analyzer with 60 dB, 90 dB and 120 dB range settings,

horizontal zooming, freeze and tilt options, better smoothing and more speed
settings.

- Various interface enhancements, like multiple interface sizes and optional output
level metering.

* Windows Installation

Double-click the downloaded file to install FabFilter Pro-Q 2. If you have

downloaded the 32-bit installer, it contains the 32-bit VST 2, VST 3, AAX and RTAS
plug-ins. The 64-bit installer (marked with 'x64' in its file name) contains 64-bit
VST 2, VST 3 and AAX plug-ins.

The installer will try to detect the correct VST 2 plug-ins folder on your
computer, but you may need to select it yourself for your preferred host. After the
installation is complete, you can always manually copy the VST 2 plug-in to the
plug-ins folder for your host. The VST 2 plugin file name is C:\Program
Files\FabFilter\Pro-Q 2\FabFilter Pro-Q 2.dll.

* Mac OS X Installation

Double-click the downloaded disk image and double-click the installer package that
it contains to install the VST, VST 3, AAX, RTAS, and AU versions of FabFilter Pro-
Q 2. The plug-ins will be installed in the global audio library
(/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins). The AU, AAX, VST and VST 3 plug-ins contain both 32-bit
and 64-bit binaries.

* Purchasing FabFilter Pro-Q 2

You have downloaded an evaluation copy of FabFilter Pro-Q 2. To be able to keep

using the plug-in after 30 days, you need to purchase it. Click Buy Now in the
evaluation dialog that appears when starting the plug-in to go to the online
FabFilter Shop where you can purchase your copy.

If you already own one or more FabFilter plug-ins, you can log into your online
FabFilter account to buy FabFilter Pro-Q 2 with a discount!

www.fabfilter.com/shop
www.fabfilter.com/myaccount

* Support
Visit the Support section on our website for tips, software updates and the
FabFilter Users forum. You can also e-mail us directly for questions and technical
support at info@fabfilter.com.

www.fabfilter.com/support