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C4 · 1.11 EQ

EQ Eight Controls Explorer

Ableton Live device

Every DAW has a parametric EQ; this one is Ableton Live's EQ Eight. The concepts (frequency, gain, Q) are the same wherever you find them.

Drag a cable from the floating box to a coloured zone below the image to learn what that control does.

Ableton Live EQ Eight effect interface showing eight filter bands with frequency, gain and Q controls
ABand Selectors
BFrequency
CGain
DQ (Bandwidth)
Foundation

What you learned

  • ✓Identify each control on the EQ Eight interface by name and location
  • ✓Explain the function of band selectors, filter type, frequency, gain and Q
  • ✓Describe how a parametric EQ shapes the frequency spectrum