About FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 Quick start Overview Knobs Display and workflow Band controls Dynamic EQ Solo Full Screen mode and resizing Piano display Stereo options Surround Processing mode Spectrum analyzer EQ Match Spectrum Grab Output options MIDI learn Undo, redo, A/B switch Using on iOS Loading presets Saving presets How presets are stored Purchasing FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 Entering your license key Support Upgrading to Pro‑Q 3 Manual installation VST plug-in versions External side chaining License agreement Acknowledgements About FabFilter

Table of contents About FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 Quick start Overview Knobs Display and workflow Band controls Dynamic EQ Solo Full Screen mode and resizing Piano display Stereo options Surround Processing mode Spectrum analyzer EQ Match Spectrum Grab Output options MIDI learn Undo, redo, A/B switch Using on iOS Loading presets Saving presets How presets are stored Purchasing FabFilter Pro‑Q 3 Entering your license key Support Upgrading to Pro‑Q 3 Manual installation VST plug-in versions External side chaining License agreement Acknowledgements About FabFilter

About FabFilter Pro-Q 3

Since its original release in 2009, FabFilter Pro-Q has become the trusted workhorse EQ plug-in for many engineers and producers around the world, widely praised for its superb workflow, excellent sound quality and extensive feature set. With version 3, we're bringing Pro-Q to a new level, introducing features like dynamic EQ, surround support up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2, per-band mid/side processing, and much more.

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 gives you the highest possible sound quality, a complete feature set, and a gorgeous, intelligent interface that is designed to help you get 'that' sound quickly and easily.

New in version 3

At first glance, FabFilter Pro-Q 3 looks quite similar to its predecessor. But looks are deceiving! Of course, the clean design and intelligence of Pro-Q 2 is still present, but a lot of exciting new functionality has been added to improve your sound and workflow:

Other key features

And of course, all the goodness of the Pro-Q 2 is still here: highest possible sound quality, Natural and Linear Phase processing, univeral slope support for all EQ shapes, EQ match, a gorgeous, resizeable interface with full screen more for easy and precise editing, up to 24 EQ bands, intelligent band solo mode, stereo or mid/side processing, intelligent multi-band selection and editing for maximum ease and efficiency, spectrum grab, GPU-powered graphics acceleration, double-click text entry of parameter values, different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing, Pro Tools hardware control surfaces support, MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B comparison, and an extensive help file with interactive help hints.

Upgrading to Pro-Q 3

Upgrading from Pro-Q version 2 to the new Pro-Q 3 is safe and easy: installing Pro-Q 3 will not replace or delete the previous Pro-Q 2 and Pro-Q version 1 plug-ins. All versions will co-exist and can be used at the same time. This ensures that you can open old songs that use Pro-Q 2 or Pro-Q 1 without problems! Of course, FabFilter Pro-Q 3 opens all presets from Pro-Q 2 and Pro-Q 1 without problems. See Upgrading to Pro-Q 3 for more information.

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 is available in VST, VST3, AU (Audio Units), AAX Native and AudioSuite formats.

Windows requirements 32-bit: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP 64-bit: Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista (x64) VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools macOS requirements OS X 10.8 or higher (64-bit only) AU or VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools Intel processor

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Using FabFilter Pro-Q 3

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