终于, 我们等来了最合适出手的机会, 购买我们国产的EQ, Kirchhoff EQ.
在音频插件领域, 一向都是欧美公司的天下, 偶尔也会有日本公司推出不错的产品. 但说到国产插件, 给我们的印象都是设计感过时, 功能有限, 性能也差强人意. 唯一能作为国产软件门面的, 可能就是AmpleSound(以推出系列的吉他与贝斯音色插件而闻名), 和KongAudio(空音, 以推出中国民族乐器音色而闻名)了, 这倒是没什么问题, 毕竟音色采样的复杂度和难度终归是要小于音频工程师或制作人们每天都要抓来使用的效果器插件的. 那效果器方面我们就没什么拿得出手的产品了吗?
大概去年年底, 网络上一款新的EQ插件突然横空出世, Kirchhoff EQ. 一时间, 很多音频工作者开始讨论这款EQ, 表示它在降低信号失真方面号称史上最强. 当然我是不太明白这些的, 毕竟我手上有Fabfilter Pro Q3, 这已经是我认为最优秀的数字EQ了. 但在忍不住去了解了下Kirchhoff EQ后, 我才知道这居然是中国制造的, 这让我还真的感了兴趣.
在更多的了解后, 我知道了KEQ的一些优点, 比如无失真, 比如更细腻的动态功能, 还有一些仿真硬件模拟功能等等. 所有功能结合在一起, 感觉甚至强于Pro Q3.
不过它的价格实在是不便宜, 在KEQ被Plugin Alliance收编后, 价格定在了159美元, 比Pro Q3还贵.
这很贵.
随着时间慢慢推移, 这两个月PA似乎慢慢的在给KEQ降价, 价格调整到了125美元.
可还是很贵.
不过今天, 4月21日, 很平淡的一天, 我突然收到了PA的邮件, 使用优惠代码KIRCHHOFF-9999, 可在48小时内享受99美元闪购KEQ的优惠.
99美元!!!还是很贵啊!!!
不过, 下面一行小字, 可以使用优惠券!!! 我突然想到了这个月收到的75美元的Loyalty Voucher, PA公司每个月发给用户的忠实用户优惠券, 价格满99美元的购物车, 使用此券可以减免75美元.
如果没算错的话, 这就意味着我只用25美元就能买到Kirchhoff EQ? 还等什么? 我立即下了单.
也就是说, 125美元在闪购期间为99美元, 再使用一张99减75的优惠券, 实付金额25美元.
现在, Kirchhoff EQ正式加入了SMPIGGY工作室的软件编制, 它将和Pro Q3交替成为我调节均衡的助手, 希望这款国产插件能让我的声音起飞(Doghead).
Three Body Technology Kirchhoff-EQ – Changelog
Version 1.7.1 (Dec 2, 2024)
Bug Fixes:
– Fixed a bug where adjusting parameters in linear phase mode caused loud popping noises.
– Fixed a bug where enabling Lookahead could cause crashes in certain cases.
– Fixed a bug where the vertical axis displays incorrectly on the spectrum analyzer in certain cases.
– Avoided an issue where the menu bar could block the window after entering full-screen mode on certain Mac devices.
– Fixed a bug where dialog boxes displayed incorrectly in some cases.
– Fixed a bug where the About page displayed incorrectly under certain conditions.
Improvements:
– Left, Right, Mid, and Side can now be selected as the default stereo mode.
– The ‘alt’ key is now displayed as ‘option’ in the settings on Mac version.
Version 1.7.0 (Jul 9, 2024)
Optimizations:
– Improved performance on touchscreens.
– New vector font.
– New pitch display in spectrum grab mode.
– Default filter types created by dragging at low and high frequencies now can also be customized.
– Optimized Tilt’s edit section.
– Optimized performances of some popup windows.
– Completely revised settings menu.
– New ‘Factory Reset Default State’ button in settings menu.
– ‘Initialize’ now renamed to more accurate ‘Clear All Bands’; new ‘Reset to Default’ function.
Bug Fixes:
– Fixed an issue that freezes the render thread in certain cases.
– Fixed the issue that corrupted default state file might disable the plugin.
– All knobs and sliders now respond to the ‘reverse mouse wheel’ setting.
– Operations on Lookahead switch, Output Gain knob and Output Pan knob now can be correctly undo/redo or saved between A/B switching.
– Fixed the audio glitch that might occur following adjustments on band’s pan in non-minimum phase modes.
– Fixed the issue that when monitoring certain types of bands, the monitored frequency range won’t change along with the Q value.
– Fixed the issue that in full screen mode, removing tracks or plugins in the DAW might cause a crash.
– Fixed multiple display issues in full screen mode.
– Fixed the issue that full screen mode won’t be on top in certain DAW’s.
– Fixed incorrect scales of menus and popup windows under certain display settings.
– Fixed incorrect mouse dragging behavior on knobs under certain screen resolutions.
– Fixed an issue that the actual cursor position might be inconsistent with the position the plugin responded to when used on multiple screens with different display scales.
– Fixed incorrect spectrum refresh rates in certain special cases.
– Fixed multiple issues under Rosetta translation environment on macOS.
Version 1.6.4 (Mar 28, 2023)
New Features
– Now AAX plugin is available for native Apple Silicon.
– Allow to customize spectrum refresh rate in Global tab of settings menu.
The available values are between 30FPS and the highest refresh rate of your monitor(s). Changes on this setting would affect Kirchhoff-EQ on all instances in real time.
– Added 7 preset themes.
Optimization
– Rebuilt OpenGL rendering scheme that improves software stability on integrated graphics cards.
Bug Fixes
– Now global scale applies to all menus.
– Now the user manual could be opened correctly through PA licensing toobar.
– Fixed unexpected refresh rate changes when making mouse operations on spectrum panel.
Version 1.6.2 (Mar 08, 2023)
Optimizations
– The inactive knobs of the current filter type are grayed out.
– Sharper Q value of monitoring.
– Slightly improved GUI rendering speed.
– Improved stability in native ARM64 Logic Pro.
– Show CPU type in About page to distinguish native/rosetta translated version.
Bug Fixes
– Fixed the issue that certain parameters does not respond to DAW’s automation.
– Fixed occasional high CPU consumption in audio thread.
– Fixed incorrect panel backgrounds.
– Fixed the issue that manually typed output gain and pan values cannot be correctly applied.
– Fixed the issue that copied band cannot be correctly pasted on certain devices.
– Fixed the issue that minus values cannot be typed into certain text boxes.
– Fixed default path for background image customization on Mac.
– Fixed improper popup window in Ableton Live that causes missing plugin.
– Changing Q with mouse dragging now behaves the same with mouse wheel.
Version 1.6.0
– Initial PA Release
