Waves Audio has begun shipping what it calls the world’s first autonomous EQ. Following the success of Curves Equator, its resonance suppression plugin and the first product in the Curves series, Curves AQ, is a smart EQ, which rather than relying on a rigid “take-it-or-leave-it” preset curve with limited adjustment and control, instead employs generative AI Spectral Targeting Technology. As a result, the plugin is cognitive – just click Learn, and it does your EQ work for you, significantly accelerating mixing workflows.
The white curve on the plugin represents the sound destination, referred to as the Spectral Target. Adjusting the Spectral Target resembles working with a regular EQ; however, the adjustment modifies the EQ’s destination, and the processing…