Eclipse Audio has introduced a new IIR Reference Editor in the latest update of their FIR Designer software, enabling the creation of presets or tunings with identical IIR performance when used across different brands of processors and amplifiers.
“It’s difficult to use common, matched IIR DSP settings across multiple brands, as some standard IIR filters produce different results on various amplifier and processor brands,” said Michael John, developer of FIR Designer. “Common causes are the differences in the way each brand’s software interprets parameters like Q and bandwidth, and differences in filter parameter limits. But these differences can be overcome in the new Reference Editor, which allows fast conversion of IIR settings from one brand to another and ensures IIR response matching when working with multiple brands.”
FIR Designer now includes IIR filter modes for Linea Research, Powersoft, QSC Q-SYS and Symetrix (as well as a non-specific ‘General’ mode which includes...
