Weiss Engineering has announced that their new Gambit series digital equalizer, the EQ1, will be available this month. The EQ1 is a seven band, digital audio equalizer priced at less than $4,500 US. It is distributed in the U.S. by G Prime Ltd.
According to Weiss Engineering, this is the first product that brings the power of a professional mastering equalizer to a wide cross section of the audio market.
“We set out to create an affordable, user friendly and, above all, very good sounding digital EQ. We put all of our accumulated engineering experience, together with the insight gained through nearly ten years of customer feedback, into the design of this equalizer. I think we’ve been successful in achieving breakthroughs in both price and sonic performance,” says Daniel Weiss.
Weiss Engineering introduced the world’s first digital audio equalizer in the late 1980’s. The company claims that more pop and classical CD’s are mastered on the Weiss 102 system today than on any other digital system. Weiss introduced the Gambit Series of stand alone products in 1993 to make its digital technology available to a broader market.
The Gambit Series EQ1 is being positioned as an ideal companion for computer-based audio work stations. It is a seven band parametric equalizer with dedicated controls for each band. Each band has boost/cut, frequency and Q/slope knobs. The knobs are touch sensitive. The LCD display shows the overall equalization curve and the detailed parameters of the “touched” band. The digital audio input and output are standard AES 3 format. A serial port allows control from a PC or MIDI device. The EQ1 has its own event list management system which is accessed using the LCD display and function buttons on the front panel.