Pro-Q 3

Tips & Tricks

Hover over the frequency labels at the bottom and click and drag to zoom in.1

Click the “auto” button to switch to a manual threshold. From this menu you can also enable external sidechain.2

In spectrum grab mode, click and hold mouse to freeze spectrum (indicated by turning blue).3

Use opt+double-click to create a dynamic band.

Use opt+mouse wheel to adjust dynamic range.

Use shift+drag to fine tune settings.

Use opt+click to toggle a band’s bypass.

Use cmd+opt+click on a dot to change its shape.

Right-click to open a pop-up menu.4

Click the scissors icon on a band to split it into separate left and right channels. This can be useful for unlinked multiband dynamics or for emulating different tolerances in analog equipment.

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Oversampling IR

Natural phase mode, 6db shelf boost at 10k ! [[ pro q 3 natural phase impulse.png ]]

Phase shift test

Shelf

! [[ pro q3 200hz shelf phase shift.png ]]

Bell

! [[ pro q3 200hz bell phase shift.png ]]

6db/oct cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 6db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

12db/oct Cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 12db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

18db/oct Cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 18db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

24db/oct cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 24db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

30db/oct cut

! [[ 30db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

36db/oct cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 36db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

48db/oct cut

! [[ pro q3 200hz 48db per oct cut phase shift.png ]]

  1. FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Help - Spectrum Grab ↩

  2. FabFilter Pro Q 3: 10 Things You Need to Know ↩

  3. 10 FabFilter Pro-Q 3 SECRETS NOBODY TELLS YOU ↩

  4. FabFilter Pro-Q 3 Help - Display and workflow ↩

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