Q3D

Emulation of the NTI Nightpro EQ3D rack mount equalizer.

NTI Nightpro EQ3D is a 6-band equalizer that is best known for its boost-only “air” band which was designed for adding sheen and sparkle to vocals. The EQ also features extremely wide Q on all bands, resulting in pleasing, musical sounding boosts. Volko Audio’s free Q3D plugin emulates these features while aiming for optimized performance with a very low CPU hit. It is also completely free to download and use (activation required), unlike its hardware counterpart which costs anywhere between $1,500 and $1,800 in used condition.

Q3D copies the values and curves of each band found on the original NTI Nightpro EQ3D equalizer. The first five bands are set to 10 Hz, 40 Hz, 160 Hz, 650 Hz, and 2.5 kHz, whereas the “air” band comes with five preset cutoff frequencies (2.5 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz, 20 kHz, and 40 kHz).

https://www.volkoaudio.com/product/q3d-eq/