4 Band Frequency Isolator

[tdazzler]

FK,

I recently bought the Vestax DCR 1200 pro, 4 band frequency Isolator. I am able to grab about 90% of the frequencies that I want to manipulate. However, it becomes frustrating when I want to isolate a frequency that I just can't grab a hold of with this unit.
Did I simply by an inferior unit because of my budget constraints, or did I just buy the wrong type of unit? What is in the booth at 'Vinyl' to isolate frequencies on the fly?

[clubman5]

the frequencys chosen on the vestax are the most commonly used frequencys. To be able to hit less common frequencys you would need a variable parametric like the summit ausio eqp-200 or massenburg 8200. However you are talking about components of considerably greater cost. Vinyl has an RLA q- 5000 which has 5 frequencys. but if your trying to hit a freq. like say 3.25khz that wont get it either as the RLA,s points are 50/125,400,1.2khz,4khz,and 8/12khz. They are useful to cut or boost for deficiencies and hot spots in a recording.

[mattymatt]

the electrix eq killer is a 3 band, but you can vary the frequency of the kills. I have 2 of these units, and they are suitable for home studio or DJ use, but I don't know if they're good enough for pro studio use. btw, the eq killer is discontinued so look on ebay, there's usually a few on there for $100-$150
matt