Track audio EQ & EQ feedback
A real-time, FL-style draggable equalizer (bell / shelf / notch / band-pass / low-high cut bands over a live spectrum or scrolling heat map) with per-band bypass, hold-to-solo auditioning, and loudness-matching auto-gain so the overall volume stays steady — plus the ability to attach an EQ snapshot to a timed comment so frequency feedback lands on a specific section.
What it is
The track player has a built-in equalizer. While a track is playing you can boost or cut frequency bands in real time and watch a live spectrum analyzer respond — exactly like the LUFS readout, but for shaping the sound instead of just measuring it. Each band can be a bell (peak), a low/high shelf, a notch, a band pass, or a low/high cut (high/low pass) — so you can roll off rumble with a low cut, surgically kill a resonance with a notch, add air with a high shelf, and so on. It starts from seven bells (sub, bass, low-mid, mid, hi-mid, presence, air); click any point to change its shape, bypass it, or hold Solo to audition just that band's frequency region — like FabFilter Pro-Q. Double-click empty graph space to drop a new band right where you point. The spectrum behind the curve can be switched to a scrolling heat map (spectrogram) view, FL-style, and the point readout shows the nearest musical note (e.g. "1k (B5)").
Auto gain (on by default) keeps the overall volume the same whether you boost or cut, so shaping the sound doesn't make the track jump louder or quieter — and the panel shows how much gain it's applying so it's never a mystery.
You can also turn an EQ setting into feedback. Dial in the frequencies you'd change, hit Add to comment, and the EQ curve rides along with a timed comment so collaborators see precisely what you mean by "too muddy here" or "needs more air in the chorus". Anyone reading the comment can hit Hear to apply that EQ to playback and jump straight to the section.
Using it
Shaping playback
- Play a version (Pro plan or above; desktop or mobile).
- In the comment box, click the equalizer button (next to emoji / voice / attach) to open the EQ popover.
- Drag the points on the graph to move each band's frequency (x) and gain (y) — like an FL-Studio parametric EQ, over a live spectrum (or a scrolling Heat spectrogram — toggle in the graph's corner). Click a point to reveal its band toolbar: shape picker (bell / low shelf / notch / band pass / high shelf / low+high cut), Bypass (per-band on/off), and Solo (hold to hear only that band's frequency region). Scroll a point (or Shift+↑/↓) to widen/narrow it (Q). + or double-click empty space adds a band; double-click a point (or Backspace) removes it. Use Reset to flatten, On/Off to bypass everything, and hold A/B to hear the original vs your EQ. (Gain-less shapes — cuts, notch, band pass — stay on the 0 dB line and only move in frequency.)
- Auto gain (shield toggle, on by default) keeps the overall volume steady as you boost or cut — a net boost is turned down, a net cut is turned up — so the loudness doesn't lurch. The applied amount shows next to the title (e.g. "auto gain −2.3 dB"). Turn it off to hear the raw, uncompensated signal. Drag the bottom-right corner to resize the panel; the size is remembered.
Attaching EQ to a comment
- With the EQ dialed in, click Add to comment in the popover. The EQ curve is attached to the comment you're writing and the start time is set to the current playhead.
- Optionally set an end time to scope the feedback to a section, write your note, and post. The comment shows a small EQ curve.
- Readers click Hear on the comment to apply the EQ to playback and seek to the section, so they can hear the suggestion in context.
Sync portal
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