Volko Audio releases Q American Series Console Equalizer Plug-ins (API 500 Series)

Volko Audio has digitally recreated the sounds of the API 500* series with the Q American Series of three plug-ins that offer a combination of high quality sound and modern user interface.

QA, QB and QG compliment each other and eliminate phase and artifact problems that arise when linking together different plug-ins. Their interface is intuitive, user friendly and easy on the eyes, letting you work tirelessly for hours.

The plug-ins are optimized to keep your CPU under low stress, while still maintaining top quality sound output.

Price: $139 each / $299 bundle.

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QA Features:

• Low Frequency Shelving/Peaking.
• Five selectable center frequencies: 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 300Hz and 400Hz.
• Mid Frequency Peaking.
• Five selectable center frequencies: 400Hz, 800Hz, 1.5kHz, 3kHz and 5kHz.
• High Frequency Shelving/Peaking.
• Five selectable center frequencies: 5kHz, 7kHz, 10kHz, 12.5kHz and 15kHz.
• Band Pass Filter: Fixed bandwidth: 50Hz to 15kHz.
• The amount of boost or attenuation is continuously variable from -12 dB to 12 dB.

QB Features:

• Low Frequency Shelving/Peaking.
• Seven selectable center frequencies: 30Hz, 40Hz, 50Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz, 300Hz and 400Hz.
• Low Mid Frequency Peaking.
• Seven selectable center frequencies: 75Hz, 150Hz, 180Hz, 240Hz, 500Hz, 700Hz and 1kHz.
• High Mid Frequency Peaking.
• Seven selectable center frequencies: 800Hz, 1.5kHz, 3kHz, 5kHz, 8kHz, 10kHz and 12.5kHz.
• High Frequency Shelving/Peaking.
• Selectable filter type: Shelving or Peaking. Seven selectable center frequencies: 2.5kHz, 5kHz, 7kHz, 10kHz, 12.5kHz, 15kHz and 20kHz.
• The amount of boost or attenuation is continuously variable from -12 dB to 12 dB.

QG Features:

• The QG plug-in is a ten-band fixed frequency graphic equalizer divided into one octave increments.
• The center frequencies of each band are set at 31Hz, 63Hz, 125Hz, 250Hz, 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz, 4kHz, 8kHz and 16kHz.
• The amount of boost or attenuation is continuously variable from -12 dB to 12 dB on all bands.

QA, QB and QG Common Features:

• Extremely High Processing Efficiency.
• "Proportional Q" narrows filter bandwidth.
• Proprietary topology which is optimized for low latency, low noise and high dynamic range.
• Built-in reference-quality upsampling algorithm which can be enabled at sampling frequencies 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz to achieve bell shape symmetry at high frequencies.
• Supports sampling frequencies up to 384 kHz.
• Clickless parameter update.

*API is a trademark of automated process, inc. the originator of the 550a, 550b, 560 and is not affiliated with Volko Audio LLC.