Low end
Weight without the mud.
LOW · SHELF · 100 Hz · +12 dB (and +6 dB)
Set to 100 Hz · G2 at +12 dB, the lift peaks at 82 Hz · E2 with 12.2 dB.
The sub at 20 Hz gets 10.9 dB: 1.3 dB of punch over the sub, not more mud.
Tone, with a pulse.
SALTA EQ56 is a tone-coloring equalizer built to shape weight, presence, harmonics and clarity.
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01SALTA EQ56
A coloring EQ for people who care about feel.
SALTA EQ56 is not designed to simply make an EQ curve. It is designed to change how a sound feels: the weight under a bass, the air over a vocal, the way a drum bus sits forward without getting louder.
- Passive-style low end
- Clarity for the top
- Harmonic coloration
- Saturation
- Note-aware windows
- Musical tone shaping
02Color · measured
One switch changes everything.
Push the lamp and the band adds its harmonic layer on top of the clean signal. Real numbers, measured through the plug-in.
StateClean
- Harmonics
- H2 -19.8 dB · H3 -34.1 dBLOW lamp on a 60 Hz tone
- Slope
- 12.8 dB per 12 dBthe harmonics fall with the level, the way a valve's do
- Loudness
- +0.4 / +0.5 / +0.2 dBLOW / MID / HIGH, lamp on against off: no louder-is-better trick
LOW · 60 Hz toneFundamental only
dB below the fundamental. Off: nothing above the noise.
MID · 1 kHz toneFundamental only
dB below the fundamental. Off: nothing above the noise.
03Three bands · measured
What each band actually does.
Each module, with its response as measured through the plug-in.
Mid
Bell where you set it.
MID · BELL · 1 kHz · +12 dB
The bell peaks on its own centre: 1 kHz set, 1 kHz lifted, 0.00 semitones off the dial.
With its lamp on the band leans: a little weight under the mud, a little edge off 2-3 kHz.
High · Clarity
A little more light.
HIGH · SHELF · 8 kHz · +12 dB (and +6 dB)
On SHELF a boost is a parallel branch, added to the signal: the top opens rather than just getting louder.
CLARITY works on the sides. A source hard on the left leaves the right at -121 dBFS: nothing crosses over.
Color · harmonics
EQ that leaves a trace.
All three lamps, 1 kHz tone: 0.032% distortion at -36 dBFS, 1.1% at -18, 9.9% at 0 dBFS. The second harmonic falls 12.8 dB for every 12 dB the level drops, which is what a valve does and what a clipper does not.
Distortion against input level, all three lamps on a 1 kHz tone.
04Instrument · measured
Six things it does.
Hover, or tap, to open one. Every claim carries the figure behind it.
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A boost and a cut working together below the corner, the way the classic passive equalizers did. Set to 100 Hz and +12 dB, the lift peaks at 82 Hz: punch over the sub instead of mud.
low -
A second lamp on the high band: a lift on the sides, a little given back in the middle, and the top widens without turning brittle. Nothing crosses over between the channels.
clarity -
A harmonic layer per band, added on top of the clean signal. LOW on a 60 Hz tone puts the second harmonic at -19.8 dB and nothing where it does not belong.
color -
Three bands, shelf or bell. Frequency knobs lock on the printed marks; the window names the note to the cent and, on LOW, the note actually being lifted when it differs.
tone -
From a hint to a grind, by level: all three lamps read 1.1 % distortion at -18 dBFS and 9.9 % at 0 dBFS, falling away as the signal does, the way a valve does.
character -
Twin VU meters, a crossfaded EQ IN, an output trim, factory presets, a dark or cream panel. One millisecond of latency, reported to the host.
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05Purchase
Bring Salta into the session.
- 01PlatformsmacOS 11+ · Windows 10+
- 02FormatsAU · VST3
- 03Works withLogic Pro, Ableton Live, Cubase, FL Studio, Reaper, Reason 12.2+ and more
- 04LicenceEmail + key · every machine you own · no iLok
- 05Demo7 days, fully working
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