iQ: an equalizer plug-in that learns your EQ preferences

Ear Machine have made the launch of their iQ plugin official (although it's been available here on SMM for just over a week now).

I quite like the idea behind this - particularly as a quick way to audition different EQ settings, and not only does it learn from you, but you can discover new settings from it as well.

It comes as both iQ for Windows as a VST and as iQ for Mac as a VST and AU and it's also compatible with RTAS wrappers.

Perhaps the best way to understand what iQ does is to watch this video demo:

"The idea for iQ came during a recording session when a client asked me to make the vocal track sound 'buttery'," said Andrew Sabin, Ear Machine owner and psychoacoustics researcher. "The client knew what he wanted, but wasn't able to describe the settings that he was after. We designed iQ to help engineers communicate more easily with their clients, and to help beginning audio engineers figure out the sound they're looking for."

For more information go to www.ear-machine.com/iQ.html