MOTU EQ problem

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Don T
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MOTU EQ problem

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Hello,
The motu para EQ has been acting up. If I have a bandpass eq and I sweep it up to the hi frequency it suddenly changes to a shelving filter @ 1kHz. Also, when I am moving the filter across the "zero line" the audio pops and clicks. Does it at both 32 & 64 bit.

Anyone else notice this?
Maybe I should flush the preferences.
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bayswater
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Re: MOTU EQ problem

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Just tried it. I'm not getting the same result. When I sweep the frequency, the graph looks like a shelving filter when I hit 22KHz, but that's just what you'd expect. If you pull the frequency back down, it behaves properly.
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Dan Worley
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Re: MOTU EQ problem

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Don T wrote:Hello,
Also, when I am moving the filter across the "zero line" the audio pops and clicks. Does it at both 32 & 64 bit.
More than likely they're running in Pre-Gen mode. Set them to run in Real-time.
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Don T
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Re: MOTU EQ problem

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Hello,
Still doing it in real time mode. Have audio playing. Try moving a bandpass filter, set to 1.0 at around 170 Hz, over the zero line more quickly. Too weird.

When the bandpass filter, set to .2 bandwidth, reaches the top Fz it looks and sounds like a shelving filter set to 1kHz.
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MacPro 2.66 gHz 12 core (dp 10.01) - Lynx Aurora16 - OS 10.12.6/WaveArts/TruePianos - Legend 32ch console - G16 Fostex
(2) MacPro 2.66 gHz 12 core (DP 9.5) OS 10.12 - 24 I/O - 2408 mk2 - Da7- (PT 12) - 8 trk MCI
MacPro 2.66 gHz 12 core - OSX 10.12 - Genesys Black - Lynx Aurora16 - waves - Oxford - McDSP - 16 trk Otari - analog sweetness
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