[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Spridle, you're the member I was talking about above.

brucek wrote:

I re-read my post and see where I don't get my point across very well. I don't mean to say that all bandwidths aren't available at all frequencies, but that when you really only need to make course movements at higher frequencies, the FBQ takes care of that. With a BFD, if I want to set a wide filter at 1000Hz for example, it's a waste of time and downright goofy to offer me 40 increments between 1/3 and and an octave (as you stated above). The FBQ knows this and gives proper course jumps.

Okay, now I get it.

True, with full range you are generally making broader adjustments than with a sub. But even if you’re using wider filters, you still want them to be centered in the right place, with the bandwidth adjusted to cover only the discrepancy while minimizing “overflow” to frequencies that don’t need adjustment, as you get with something like a 1/3-octave EQ. That’s the beauty of parametric equalizing – surgical precision. You don’t get that with an equalizer that offers only coarse adjustments.

Regards,
Wayne