EQ1 MKII

The Weiss EQ1-MK2 Equalizer is the basic model with minimum phase type filters. The double sampling Gambit Series EQ1-DS has now been upgraded to the Weiss EQ1-MK2. Like the old EQ1-DS, the Weiss EQ1-MK2 supports 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96kHz sampling frequencies, always using either 88.2 or 96kHz for internal processing. This is responsible for the well-renowned sound of the high resolution units and is the difference to the standard sampling EQ1. The Weiss EQ1-MK2 Equalizer works at up to 24 Bit/96 kHz.

Adding to the high resolution processing, the Weiss EQ1-MK2 now features an extended parameter set, significantly increasing the number of possible eq settings, as well as a new operational mode for processing stereo signals in the M/S domain (as compared to processing in the L/R domain).

The Q now reaches from a near whole-bandwidth-covering 0.20 to a needle-like 650 in 128 steps, allowing everything from subtle sound colouring to notch filter tone removal. The boost varies in 0.1 dB steps from -39dB (for notching) to +18dB. To compensate for the extremely accurate notch filter type, the frequency resolution has been doubled, now running from 14Hz to 21kHz in 12th octave steps plus including special notch frequencies such as 50 and 60 Hz and their harmonics.

A further new feature is the settable shape parameter for shelving filters, which has the same resolution and a similar effect as the Q parameter for the presence filter type.

Combined with the flexibility of seven independent bands per channel, the mastering engineer can now twist the transfer curve to his exact specifications.