Unmatched sound and workflow

An equalizer is probably the tool you use most when mixing and mastering, so you need the best of the best. With FabFilter Pro-Q 3, you get the best possible sound quality, a very wide range of features, and a beautiful, innovative interface with unmatched ease of use.

Mixing and mastering features

Pro-Q 3 offers everything a demanding engineer could wish for: high-quality linear phase operation as well as zero latency and unique natural phase modes, smooth dynamic EQ, mid/side processing per band, full surround sound support (up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2), a smart solo feature, optional auto gain, and a fully customizable built-in spectrum analyzer. 

Sculpt your sound effortlessly

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 is designed to help you achieve your sound as quickly as possible. Through the large interactive EQ screen, you can create bands wherever you need them, enable dynamic EQ on any band, and select and edit multiple bands at once.

Unique features like Spectrum Grab, full-screen mode, and EQ Match will speed up your workflow even further. Try it yourself!

FabFilter goodies

Of course, you also get all the usual FabFilter advantages: perfectly tuned knobs, interactive MIDI learning, undo/redo, and an A/B switch, smart parameter interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, sample-accurate automation, advanced optimization, and much more!

Features

• The best possible sound quality
• Up to 24 EQ bands
• Optional dynamic EQ mode for all bands (bell and shelf shapes), using any slope setting and with a perfect analog combination, with optional external sidechain triggering
• Magnificent Retina interface with a large interactive EQ screen, multiband selection and editing for maximum ease of use and efficiency
• Ultra-steep 'Brickwall' slope setting for LP and HP filters
• Full surround sound compatibility (up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2) with smart speaker selection
• External spectrum display from any other instance of Pro-Q 3, including collision detection
• Mid/side or left/right processing per band, so you can EQ the mid, side, left, or right signals separately
• Works in zero latency mode, adjustable latency linear phase mode, or the exclusive natural phase mode
• Flat filter slope shape, a flat correction curve across the entire audible frequency spectrum
• Spectrum Grab: simply grab and adjust a peak on the real-time spectrum analyzer immediately.
• Different interface sizes and additional full-screen mode
• Filter shapes: Bell, Notch, High/Low Shelf, High/Low Cut, Bandpass, Sloped Shelf, Flat Slope
• Universal filter slope compatibility for all filter types, up to 96 dB/oct
• EQ Match feature to automatically match the spectrum of another instance of Pro-Q 3 or an external signal
• Built-in spectrum analyzer with Pre-EQ, Post-EQ, and external spectrum display, adjustable range, speed, resolution, slope, freeze, and collision detection
• Auto gain and gain scale
• Optional piano roll display to quantify EQ frequencies to musical notes
• Different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing
• The smart solo mode makes it easy to find problematic frequencies and listen to the effect of a band
• Phase inversion option to change polarity
• Large output level meter with peak level reading
• Extreme CPU optimization: Pro-Q 3 uses very little CPU and memory, so you can use hundreds of instances in a session
• GPU-powered graphics acceleration
• Double-click the parameter value text input
• Supports stereo, mono, and surround channel layouts (up to Dolby Atmos 7.1.2)
• Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
• MIDI Learn with an option to control the currently active band
• Undo/redo and A/B comparison
• Smart parameter interpolation
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
• Extensive help file with interactive help suggestions

System requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.12 or later (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
• VST2, VST3, AU, Native AAX

Windows

• Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista (32 or 64-bit)
• VST2, VST3, Native AAX

Formats

All FabFilter plugins are available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, Native AAX, and AudioSuite formats.