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Zeus SDR 10-Band EQ Settings

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Zeus SDR 10-band equalizer settings
Zeus SDR 10-band EQ

These are the settings shown in my Zeus SDR 10-band equalizer.

The table below records the bands in their displayed order, along with the filter type, center frequency, gain, and Q value. Use them as a reference for the N6MUD station setup and adjust by ear for your own microphone, voice, and transmit chain.

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10-band settings

BandFilterFrequencyGainQ
1Peak46 Hz0.0 dB3.8
2Peak50 Hz+4.0 dB6.0
3Peak105 Hz+1.5 dB6.0
4Peak160 Hz−13.0 dB2.0
5Peak320 Hz−3.0 dB2.0
6Peak520 Hz−2.0 dB2.0
7Peak1,600 Hz+6.0 dB1.0
8Peak3,200 Hz+4.0 dB2.0
9Peak4,500 Hz+5.0 dB2.0
10Peak6,000 Hz+5.0 dB1.0
Input gain0.0 dB
Output gain+0.5 dB

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Import the complete profile

The N6MUD ESSB 6K profile includes the input strip, denoise and gate stages, de-esser, 10-band EQ, multiband compressor, exciter, and the surrounding transmit-chain settings used with this EQ. Download it, then import the JSON into Zeus to load the complete starting point.

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