Musik Hack has launched a new EQ plugin to rival complicated saturation plugins that “cuts through the noise”.

SweetEQ is a saturating EQ that adds character and energy to any sound, and Musik Hack says it can deliver it all: “sweeter and richer bass, a thicker overall character, high mid articulation and cut through, or high end sizzle and air”.

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Musik Hack, which was founded by composer Sam Fischmann and mastering engineer Stan Greene, launched its first plugin, Master Plan, in 2024. Last year, MusicTech reviewed its Fuel plugin, which combines several go-to loudness processes including clipping, compression, saturation and limiting into a single plugin, and awarded it 8/10.

The new SweetEQ similarly offers a streamlined interface. Each one of the faders addresses one specific challenge: tuning for bass, mud for overall character, tuning and resonance for mids, and brittle harshness for highs. Its sliders are weighted toward the first 0-20 percent of each effect, taking into account that small moves on sound can make significant differences.

Musik Hack says these small moves in combination are similar to what various types of analogue gear do to sound by default, and rather than model one piece of gear, it looked at “all the characteristics over a vast array of gear” and developed a signal chain that could “stand in for any of it”.

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SweetEQ is available now for an introductory price of $79 (reg. $99), or you can Rent-to-Own with an introductory rate of $6.50/month if you sign up before 16 March. Learn more at Musik Hack. 

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