Rave Generation: PE-40
4-channel parametric equalizer & creative saturation shaper
Four-channel parametric EQ and saturator built on the layout of a classic four-channel parametric rack. By default the four channels run in series for sixteen bands in a row, every channel's Input and Output trims drive one of eight saturation curves, and a tempo-locked LFO sweeps band gain, frequency or drive.
Features
- Four Channels, Sixteen BandsEach channel has four fully parametric peaking bands (LO, LM, HM, HI) with plus or minus 15 dB of gain and Q from 0.3 to 15, plus a switchable high-pass and low-pass filter. The band ranges overlap, so two bands can work the same area: LO 20-800 Hz, LM 125 Hz-4 kHz, HM 500 Hz-10 kHz, HI 800 Hz-20 kHz.
- Free Channel RoutingEach channel takes its input from the host or from the output of any other channel. The default chains 1 into 2 into 3 into 4 for sixteen bands in series. Feed all four from the host and set the output to Sum, and they run in parallel instead. The processing order is worked out from the routing, so any chain you patch plays back in the right order.
- Saturation On Every TrimEvery channel has an Input and an Output trim (-40 to +40 dB), and each trim feeds a saturation stage, so a four-channel chain has eight of them. The further a trim is turned from 0 dB, the harder it drives the curve. Drive Amount scales all eight trims at once, so one knob takes the whole chain from clean to pushed.
- Eight Saturation CurvesConsole-style soft knee, tube, cubic, diode, transistor, warm, hard clip and soft saturation. Each curve is gain-compensated so all eight sit near the same level at default settings, and the asymmetric ones (tube, diode, warm) get an automatic DC blocker.
- Global EQ ScalingEQ Gain multiplies the gain of every band on all four channels, from 0% (flat) to 200% (up to plus or minus 30 dB). EQ Freq /2 moves every band down by up to one octave. Band limits the scaling to one band position (LO, LM, HM or HI) on all channels, or applies it to all of them.
- Tempo-Locked LFOA sine LFO takes its phase from the host's song position, so the same bar always gets the same sweep. 14 targets: all gains, all frequencies, the gain or frequency of any single band position, Drive Amount, EQ Gain or EQ Freq /2. 14 divisions from 4 bars to 1/32, including triplets and dotted notes. Frequency targets sweep up to one octave each way; gain targets scale the band's own gain, so a band at 0 dB stays flat.
- Tone And Output SectionBass and Treble shelves at 120 Hz and 3.5 kHz on the processed signal, a dry/wet Mix, a Master trim and a hard ceiling at 0 dBFS.
- Click-Free SwitchingEQ In crossfades over 10 ms and the trims are smoothed, so bypassing a channel or riding a trim during playback does not click. No oversampling and no lookahead, so the plugin reports zero latency.
