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Excellent across the mix buss, or for tracking or mastering. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Stereo 5-band equalizer; with bypass, high and low shelf and a low, mid and hi parametric EQ for each channel. Sweep and bandwidth on each of the three parametric bands, and 12 dB of boost\/cut on all five bands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrequencies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLo Shelf: 15 - 800 Hz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLo: 15 - 620 Hz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid: 120 Hz - 8.2 kHz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHi: 400 Hz - 26 kHz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHi Shelf: 1.2kHz - 32 kHz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevel: +\/- 12db, with '0' position detent on each band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHistory\u003c\/h3\u003eIn the late 60s, Burgess Macneal (now of Sontec) in conjunction with George Massenburg (now of GML) wanted to create an equalizer that did not rely on inductors and switches. 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