Overloud has released the EQ550 equalizer in VST, AAX, and AU plugin formats for PC and Mac. The company is giving away 1,000 free licenses per day from March 12th until March 18th.
EQ550 emulates the API 550 series of hardware equalizers. These classic discrete four-band equalizers were used on many hit records in the 60s and 70s, remaining among the most sought-after pieces of studio gear to this day. The developers claim that EQ550 is a “hyper-realistic simulation” of the original hardware, using fourth generation DSP technology to emulate its characteristics in software form.
Overloud’s brand new EQ550 plugin is a 5-band equalizer (two shelving/peaking bands, two peaking bands, and one band-pass filter) with individual cue adjustments for each band. The plugin emulates all transformer circuits in the original hardware unit, resulting in pleasant coloration of the processed audio signal. Despite being a highly detailed emulation of analog hardware, EQ550 is extremely CPU efficient. According to the info available on the product page, over 1,500 instances of the plugin can be loaded on a MacBook Pro Retina without overstraining the CPU.
The plugin is regularly priced at $139 but you can currently register a copy completely free of charge. Every day between March 12th and March 19th, Overloud is giving away 1,000 free EQ550 licenses. To register your free license, you must log in to your Overloud user account (registration is free) and click the DOWNLOAD FOR FREE button on the page linked below. Be patient if you see any errors during the process because Overloud’s servers are currently dealing with extremely high amounts of traffic.
The software is available in VST, AU, and AAX plugin formats for compatible digital audio workstations on Windows and macOS. Both 32-bit and 64-bit host applications are supported.
EQ550 is available for free download via Overloud (offer ends on March 18th, 2018).
13 Comments
Rustic
onThanks for the heads-up, Tomislav. I’ve recently been enjoying the analog vibe from SonEQ, I hope this one has a flavor, knowing Overloud, it should more than hold it”s own.
Manuel
onCan’t activate this – it shows a serial in my account but when I launch the activation in the plugin I always get the message “No internet connection available” which is untrue. To confirm it’s not an issue on my side I also turned off Windows Firewall and used my Mobile Connection via USB Tethering. But still the same result.
corrosiveabuser
onThanks Tomislav, and thanks Overloud, a really useful and great sounding eq.
animus
onBeautiful-sounding EQ, wonderful saturation, easy on the cpu. I love how the knobs are fully variable, but also snap to the notches.
Overloud is doing things right!
Leonidas Sgourdas
onThanks very much bro!You do great work!!!
AWR
on1,500 instances? wow. hope theres some truth behind that. all these emulated eqs always seem to strain my cpu. ive downloaded it but yet to investigate
Breeeeen
onExcellent EQ! And free!! Love it!
Lala
onWhy is this named “Gem EQ550”, not “EQ550”?
Josh
onSCORE!!!
Alex
onGem is Dynamic-Impuls Technology !!!!!! Hardware SOUND!!!! Thanks Tomislav!!!
chris
onmuch better than the stock FLS EQ tool
sadib
oni can’t find the download link
Krisse
onGo to your account page on Overload the link is there