u/astralpen

I know there are a ton of dynamic EQs and “smoothers” out there, but Tokyo Dawn’s Arbiter is what I turn to most often these days. There is just something really natural and transparent in the way it reacts and the resulting audio. In addition to bell and shelf shapes, it offers flattop, which I have found to be really useful. It also offers the ability to replace low frequency attenuation with harmonics, as well as “wideband” mode. In wideband, the selected band attenuates the entire signal when triggered. So, it acts like a compressor whose side chain is just a single band. This is a feature that I use a lot more than I thought I would. Also, check out the rest of the Filters bundle: some really well thought out stuff here. I am not affiliated with TDR, just a happy user. Enjoy!

Has anyone found anything that sounds consistently better? I do end up using Pro-L on occasion, but Limitless is still my go to. Mostly doing indie rock, so not pushing any crazy loudness.