How does I.Q. work? I.Q. learns the sonic spectrum of a take, track or song­ mono or stereo­ then constructs a complex filter that matches the spectrum of the new material to that of the original reference material. I.Q. has two user modes­ intelligent and manual. Intelligent Mode I.Q.’s intelligent mode involves three simple steps: You first teach I.Q. the desired spectrum by showing it reference audio­ any vocal or guitar take you want to match, a CD track or even an entire CD. Or you may choose to load a reference model from one of your own custom I.Q. libraries. Yes, I.Q. supports the saving and recalling of both reference templates and manual correction filters. Next, let I.Q. learn the spectrum of the material to be corrected. The new material does not have to be the same length as the reference material, nor does it even need to be the same type of music. I.Q. then designs a mono or stereo FIR curve fit algorithm that runs as a conventional TDM plug-in anywhere in your Pro Tools audio path. Manual Mode I.Q.’s manual mode allows you to hand draw any imaginable curve. I.Q.’s complex filters are not bound by any parametric or shelving limitations. You are not limited to four or even thirty bands. Draw as many peaks and notches as you wish! You may even drag-edit or arbitrarily redraw over the corrective EQ curves generated by I.Q. All filters automatically created by I.Q. may be edited and scaled (compressed or expanded) by the user at any time, with 20 undo levels, in order to minimize or exaggerate the applied EQ spectrum. And what does I.Q. sound like? I.Q. has no “sound” of its own. It is completely transparent. It learns and applies the sound of the original audio reference sample (including any EQ used) to the tracks that are being processed. I.Q. is the world’s cleanest and most versatile EQ. I.Q.’s FIR filter model WILL NOT damage your audio in any way. No matter how complex or extreme the corrective filter curve may be, I.Q. will not introduce any phase shift or ringing. This means no mush or boominess, no transient slur, no brittle high end! In fact, if the reference model is tighter than the tracks that you are processing your tracks should actually tighten up accordingly.