Weiss Engineering EQ1 (EQ1-MK2 / EQ1-LP / EQ1-DYN / EQ1-DYN-LP)
Digital mastering equalizer
EqualizerPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Equalizer
- Description
- Digital mastering equalizer
- Topology
- Sharc-class digital signal path, 40-bit floating-point internal processing at 88.2/96 kHz; minimum-phase, linear-phase, and dynamic-EQ variants
- Signal path
- Digital (recallable / digitally controlled)
- Channels
- 2
- Channel format
- Stereo
- Form factor
- 19-inch rack
- Rack units
- 2
- Connection
- AES/EBU
- Sample rate (kHz)
- 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96
- Bit depth
- 24-bit I/O (max), 40-bit floating point internal, POW-R dither to 16/20/24-bit on output
- DSP
- true
- Introduced
- 1996
- Country of manufacture
- Switzerland
Details
Controls: Front-panel rotary encoders/buttons per band, LCD display, MIDI control of every parameter, 128-position snapshot bank plus two backup banks, A/B compare
I/O: AES/EBU digital in (XLR female) and out (XLR male) only; no analog I/O
Notable use: Bob Ludwig, Bob Katz, Eddy Schreyer, Chris Hatzistamou, Alan Silverman, Maor Appelbaum, Dan Shike
Notes: FLAG: digital mastering EQ, DSP=true, digital_control=true. Sold as 4 separate hardware SKUs via Weiss's own store (weiss-engineering.myshopify.com), CHF only, no USD listed: EQ1-MK2 SFr 5,900; EQ1-LP SFr 8,900; EQ1-DYN SFr 8,900; EQ1-DYN-LP SFr 10,900 — price_usd left blank per no-conversion rule; a Vintage King (US) listing for the EQ1-DYN-LP combo showed $20,667 USD but page did not confirm this on refetch, so not used as authoritative. A software-only Softube/Weiss plugin called 'EQ MP' also exists (SFr 215 on Weiss's own store) — this is a DAW plugin, NOT hardware, and is excluded from this catalog. Year 1996 reflects original EQ1 introduction per weiss.ch copy; MK2/LP/DYN revision years not stated.