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Res Q Black Friday pricing puts Tone Empire's EQ plugin at $29, 40% off, until Nov 25, 2026. It pairs British-style shelving curves with American-style mids and adds a four-mode preamp stage.
Res Q is an equalizer plugin that blends two classic traditions into one modern tool.
If you want to read the pitch behind it, the maker describes it as a combination of classic inspirations in a modern powerhouse.
The shelving side follows the smooth, sturdy curves associated with iconic British equalizers.
The mid bands go the other way. They aim for the precise, surgical behavior of American-style EQs.
That gives you broad, forgiving shelves for shaping top and bottom, and tighter mids for targeted moves.
Frequency choices were built around musical selections. The maker says this keeps every adjustment musically coherent, so instruments can either sit together or stand out in the mix.
The plugin includes a four-mode preamp that the maker says captures the character of classic designs.
These modes produce harmonic saturation. According to the maker, you can use it for a light touch or push it until it clearly colors the audio.
Because it lives in the same plugin as the EQ, you can drive the preamp and shape tone without adding another stage to the signal chain.
Version 1.3 is about CPU load. The maker reports a large reduction in CPU use with no loss in quality, with up to 60% better performance.
That applies to Silicon ARM chips (M1, M2, M3) and to Windows Intel chips.
You can run it at any sample rate without a rise in CPU use, and the maker says running multiple instances is fine. That matters when you want an EQ on every channel of a big session.
Res Q installs in these formats:
Minimum requirements:
If your DAW loads any of those formats, this EQ VST should show up in its plugin list.
Yes. The Res Q Black Friday deal takes 40% off Tone Empire's EQ plugin, bringing it to $29. The offer ends Nov 25, 2026.
Res Q is an EQ with British-style shelving curves and American-style surgical mids. It also has a four-mode preamp section covering transformer, op-amp, triode tube and pentode tube character, with harmonic saturation.
On macOS it ships as VST3, AU and AAX, all 64-bit. On Windows it comes as VST3 and AAX, also 64-bit. You need a 64-bit host that runs one of those formats.
The maker says v1.3 cuts CPU use sharply with no loss in quality, up to 60% better performance on Silicon ARM chips (M1, M2, M3) and Windows Intel chips. CPU use does not climb at higher sample rates, and multiple instances are supported.
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