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The Neural Q Black Friday deal from Tone Empire puts the V2 EQ plugin at $19, 61% off, until Nov 25, 2026.
Neural Q V2 is an EQ plugin with a built-in pre-amp section. The maker says it captures the dynamic behavior of a well-known vintage German equalizer, plus a modern solid-state pre-amp with CineMag transformers.
Instead of circuit modelling, Neural Q uses recurrent neural networks (RNN). The maker says circuit modelling can never match the authenticity of that approach.
Tone Empire trains the model by feeding it real music material: vocals, drums, guitars, full mixes and other instrument phrases.
The network then builds its model from weights that replicate the effect the analog gear has on the sound. The maker says this gives more accurate analog behavior.
Neural Q V2 brings a new AI/ML engine that uses far less CPU than v1, redesigned presets, a preamp stage whose model was trained again from scratch, closer matching of the original hardware units, and a option to resize the interface.
The EQ side is a Hi Band and a Lo Band. Each one boosts its end of the spectrum in the shape of the captured hardware, with a range of -15 dB to +15 dB.
The pre-amp section starts with Pre-Amp Drive, which feeds the input of the analog pre-amp stage. Push it harder and the signal gets more saturated.
Drive Type offers three flavors of saturation: Clean, Medium and Dirty. Tone Empire's advice is to push the plugin rather than hold back.
The Drive On/Off button bypasses or activates the pre-amp saturation module. Autogain is built into that section, so the level stays put as you add drive.
Output is a trim for the final signal after processing, running from -24 dB to 0 dB. Presets in a few categories are included to get you started.
On Windows you need Windows 10 or later (64-bit only), an Intel i3 / AMD Ryzen or equivalent CPU, and a 64-bit host that loads VST3 or AAX.
On Mac you need OSX 10.13 or later (64-bit only, Intel and Silicon supported), an Intel i3 / AMD Ryzen or equivalent CPU, and a 64-bit host that loads VST3, AU or AAX.
Both platforms call for a 1024×768 screen, 2 GB of RAM and 300 MB of disk space.
Yes. The Neural Q V2 Black Friday deal takes 61% off Tone Empire's EQ plugin, bringing it to $19. The offer runs until Nov 25, 2026.
Neural Q V2 is one EQ plugin with a Hi Band, a Lo Band and a pre-amp section with three drive types. It also includes an output trim, autogain in the pre-amp stage and presets in a few categories.
On Windows, Neural Q runs in 64-bit hosts that load VST3 or AAX. On Mac it supports VST3, AU and AAX. Both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs are supported, on OSX 10.13 or later.
V2 brings a new AI / ML system with much lower CPU usage than v1. It also adds reworked presets, a retrained preamp model, more accurate reproduction of the original hardware units, and a resizing option.
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