Elektron Octatrack OS
An equalizer is not as common on stereo equipment as it used to be. On old analog gear, including radios and turntables, equalizers were given the same amount of shelve space as the receiver. They were actually very intricate looking instruments, with needs that jumped around on a scale. There were no buttons on these devices, but rather knobs that could be fiddled with to get the correct type of sound. Modern receivers and radios include an equalizer of sorts but they don’t seem as sophisticated as the ones that use old equipment. They are usually digital and use buttons to change the increment of a frequency, rather than a dial. [embed width="656"]http://youtu.be/3iFaDNBmzPQ[/embed] Today, we still have equalizers in hardware form and they are much more robust and complicated than the rest. Some of the larger units are meant to control the sound graphics of thirty or more channels, while the smaller ones are usually built into a receiver. Still, even in digital form, the EQ is being used by instruments such as synthesizers to create effects and add to the dirtiness of modern FX units. A little bit of tweaking can also change the shape of the sound quite nicely if used properly. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/06/01/elektron-octatrack-os-update/
