Conversely with a multi-band compressor, your goal is not to cut a specific frequency range but rather your goal is to compress, its just that you want to compress differently in different frequency bands. So rather then just cutting a certain frequency, you only cut the frequency when it peaks. With Dynamic EQ you can eq with a little more flexibility because you able to make the EQ react to the dynamics. I'm probably over simplifying, but this is a complicated topic otherwise. Figure out which thing you are mostly doing and use the matched tool. I think in general it good to use a dynamic EQ for EQ tasks and a multi-band compressor for compression tasks. Splitting up the signal into bands uses some DSP processing, which will have some kind of artifacts related to that approach.while the dynamic EQ uses a completely different approach in DSP, with different artifacts. I can't remember what those pros and cons are, but I've read about them before. That's a nice article! My understanding is that because of the nature of how the DSP is handled in different ways, there are pros and cons in terms of what happens to the sound with both approaches.

Multiband compressors tend to have more controls, dynamic EQ's tend to have less but are more convenient to fix small frequency or resonance problems and can sound more transparent due to the ability of having dynamic bell cuts/boosts. Also technically less phase shift because the signal isn't being split by full on filters. The dynamic EQ listens to the band 'solo'd' and then reacts based on how loud the signal is, also with attack/release, etc.ĭynamic EQ's can be more transparents, especially when it comes to notching individual resonances. Hey so the only difference is that a multiband compressor splits the signal with high pass and low pass filters, and then these individual bands work like a normal compressor, so if you solo these bands, it's like if they were individual compressors, controlled by their own individual attack/release, etc.Ī dynamic EQ is very similar except that instead of being split by high pass and low pass filters, it's a band that is being automated.

Multi band vs single band compressor