Empress ParaEq Mkll Deluxe HPF functionality

[BigDBass]

Is the HPF on the Empress ParaEq Mkll Deluxe sufficiently effective to eliminate the "need" for an [sfx] microThumpinator, Broughton HPF, fDeck, or similar HPF device?

 

[LetItGrowTone]

Oh, terrible. I'm sorry.

 

[Pat Harris]

Is the HPF on the Empress ParaEq Mkll Deluxe sufficiently effective to eliminate the "need" for an [sfx] microThumpinator, Broughton HPF, fDeck, or similar HPF device?

Yes. The filters are 12db/octave which are the same as Broughton and FDeck (though FDeck has a secondary filter so there's 24db/octave at 30ish Hz).

 

[ddnidd1]

The HPF does what it is supposed to, so you should be OK.

 

[SteveC]

I had an Empress Para EQ Deluxe MkII into an Empress Bass Compressor. Fantastic sound. It went to a REDDI and the FOH/IEM's.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

To be specific about things, the hpf in the Empress is -12 dB per octave, the same as the Broughtons. The gen 3 FDecks use a “12+12” filter setup, with a fixed -12 dB filter at 35 hz, and an additional variable -12 dB filter (so it’s always -24 db below 35 hz). The Thumpinator is a fixed -36 dB at 25 hz. There are other options out there, too (Sine Effects has a variable -24 dB filter, the variable hpf on the Genzler Magellan Pre is -18 dB). If -12 dB per octave gets you the results you are after, than the filter in the Empress will do the job.