Acustica Emerald 2: All the rare vintage German EQs you need
Acustica Audio has upgraded its Emerald 2 suite with the addition of a rare German dual mono equalizer, the E200. The Emerald 2 suite is based on a series of rare German processors made in the 60s and 70s, which look and operate like lab equipment. Very interesting and unorthodox analog emulations, these – not that we’d expect any less from Acustica.
Emerald 2
The suite consists of equalizer, filter, and dual mono equalizer modules. Clearly, Emerald 2 makes a case for frequency adjustments.
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The equalizer module has low boost, high boost, low roll-off, high roll-off, low mid, and high mid bands with selectable filter shapes and slopes reaching up to 12dB per octave. The mammoth of a unit has push buttons to choose the affected frequencies for each band, and potentiometers for gain adjustment. The emerald handles tie together this classy piece of German audio engineering.
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The filter module employs the same look, operating principles and preamp section as the equalizer. However, the filters – LP and HP – reach up to 36dB per octave. Definitely something you don’t see on a daily basis!
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Finally, E200 is modeled after a German parametric EQ with seven fully adjustable filters, shelving bass and treble bands, and lo/hi cut filters with slopes going up to 36dB per octave. The equalizer in question is the W95S mastering EQ which is said to be used on 90% of all vinyl discs made between 1970 to 1990. It was used to master Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” and thousands of other records.
Price and availability
Emerald 2 is available now in all the usual formats for Windows and macOS computers. The price is EUR 79.59. A free trial version is available. Acustica plug-ins are downloaded and installed through the Aquarius plug-in manager application.
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