Your surgeon and local artist provide different roles. Video: Tube-driven vibe with Tube-Tech EQ Collection But as soon as you start to use the ME 1B in conjunction with the Tube-Tech PE 1C ‘Pultec’ Equalizer you’ll find that these equalizers complement each other perfectly. The other two sections, low and high frequency, always boost the frequencies. The only confusing thing is that the mid section never boosts, but always attenuates the selected frequency. You have three different sections, the Low Frequency Peak, Mid Frequency Dip and the High Frequency Peak. The user interface of the ME 1B is pretty straightforward.
On its own it’s a great tool to shape the midrange of any audio material, and together with the PE 1C it becomes a versatile and full-featured equalizer.
The ME 1B was designed to accompany the PE 1C equalizer, and provide control over the frequencies that the PE 1C cannot adjust. The bump will remain, but you’ll have cleaned up too. Give a kick drum more body, for example, by boosting heavily at 60 CPS and then attenuating to deal with the muddiness. Because the filters for the low frequency boost and attenuate functions are slightly offset in frequency (despite being controlled by the same frequency knob) it’s possible to create attractive and well-focused bumps or cuts in the low end by boosting and attenuating simultaneously. Try, for example, the famous ‘Pultec’ low-end trick.