TotalEQ MK2 2.0.4 is available, this update is free for owners of our equalizer plugin and includes:
- Fixed bypass button not working in Pro Tools
- Fixed frequency stepping in the low end
- Fixed wrong scaling in Studio One on Windows.
- Improved consistency of Auto Eq algorithm
- Improved multipoint selection and management
- Improved UI with animations and effects.
HoRNet TotalEQ MK2 – The Versatile Equalizer Plugin
HoRNet TotalEQ MK2 is a flexible, visual equalizer plugin designed to streamline your workflow from problem-solving to sound shaping. Whether you’re mixing vocals, taming harsh frequencies, or adding analog-style warmth to a sterile source, TotalEQ MK2 adapts to your needs with speed and precision.
Visual Control, Instant Feedback
With up to 36 bands, this plugin puts every filter directly onto a real-time spectral display. Just double-click to create a band exactly where you hear a problem. Drag to adjust frequency and gain, scroll to shape the Q — all with immediate visual and sonic feedback.
- Clear input/output spectrum view
- Color-coded EQ and dynamic curves
- Mouse-based interaction: drag, scroll, select
- Solo, mute, and multi-band editing
Add Analog Color Where It Counts
More than a corrective tool, TotalEQ MK2 is a creative equalizer plugin. Each band includes optional analog-style saturation with independent amount control, so you can enhance body, presence or aggression exactly where needed.
- Analog emulation per band
- Saturation amount: 1 to 10
- Global analog/saturation toggles
- Subtle warmth or rich harmonic color
Perfect for sound design, vocal tone enhancement, or giving digital sources some analog soul.
One-Click Balance
Want a fast tonal fix? Hit AUTO. TotalEQ MK2’s dual-engine analysis corrects EQ imbalances in two steps:
- HarmoniQ removes resonances and inconsistencies
- BalancEQ adjusts tonal tilt and adds a clean high-pass filter
It’s like having a second pair of expert ears — automated.
Built for Real-World Workflow
- Resizable, hardware-accelerated interface
- Light/dark/auto theme modes
Demo
The demo is fully functional except for the fact that every now and then it will silence out, you cannot save parameter values with your session and the plugin will not respond to automation coming from the host.
Features
- Real-time spectrum analyzer
- EQ response curve display
- Up to 36 fully independent EQ bands
- 15 filter types per band (high pass, low pass, shelves, bell, notch, etc.)
- Slopes from 6dB/oct to 48dB/oct
- Each band can operate in static or dynamic mode
- Automatic or manual dynamic controls (threshold, attack, release)
- External sidechain support for dynamic EQ bands
- Per-band analog response emulation
- Per-band analog saturation with amount control (1–10)
- Solo and mute for each band
- Stereo / Mid / Side / External routing per band
- Global analog emulation switch
- Global saturation switch and intensity control
- Automatic output compensation linked to input level
- Constant loudness EQ monitoring (LUFS short term)
- Automatic EQ using HarmoniQ + BalancEQ algorithms
- Double-click to create/delete bands directly on the spectrum
- Multi-band selection and group editing
- Shift/Alt modifiers for constrained editing
- Fully resizable, hardware-accelerated GUI
- Light, dark or automatic theme options
- Adjustable analyzer slope (default: 4.5dB/oct)
- Analyzer dynamic range from -120dB to -24dB
- Apple Silicon native support
- macOS 10.13+ and Windows 10+ compatible
- Available as 64-bit Audio Units, VST3, and AAX plugins
Copy protection
The HoRNet TotalEQ MK2 has no copy protection, we don’t believe in copy protection, they are always cracked and they are annoying for the users, we all know you are not going to give away the plugin on the internet…
So simply download the plugin and enjoy your recordings!
Hi Saverio
Hope this email finds you well. I’ve purchased the new version of Total EQ. I’m pleased with the additional features.
I wanted to highlight a few things that have changed in the plugin that actually are a loss of functionality or less intuitive from a ui standpoint. Please don’t be discouraged by these comments, it’s only that I loved everything about Total EQ and this version gains so much but loses functionality and the ui seems less polished which inclines me to use the old version.
When clicking in the high or low parts of the frequency spectrum it no longer automatically adds a high pass or low pass filter. This makes it a double step to select this type of curve.
The plugin resets itself to the smallest size after minimising it and then bringing the plugin back up. This means that you have to resize it again each time.
Also when clicking on the type of curve you want all the LP and HP options for 6, 12, 24, 48 etc are gone. This means you have to manually set the LP and HP curve. This slows one down when you want to just have a standard curve.
The graphical lines for the curves are not smooth straight like on the older version. This looks less polished than 1.3.
When you click on an eq node towards the meters left and right, the pop up selector goes over the meter. On the previous versions it would auto offset and not be over the meter.
The eq nodes and lines are now no longer colored but are a circle with an offset dot in the middle with a yellow line. This makes it less easy to use.
The color scheme seems less consistent than the previous version. I realise this is subjective.
Dragging the cursor along the main window no longer shows the frequency.
I realise that plugin development is super hard work and I appreciate all you do.
Many thanks
Jay
Great EQ plugin and much more, comparable to the best on the market. I’m sorry that the AUTO section doesn’t allow you to set the type of track (vocals, bass, etc..) to optimize the result of the automatic EQ proposal. For a personal opinion, the management of the parameters seemed more intuitive in the TotalEQ than before, but it is certainly a matter of habit. Congratulations Saverio.
Love this, really powerful tool.
Some constructive feedback – would like the db curves for the pass filters to be selectable as in v1. Also having some problems in Reason where the GUI is zoomed/cropped when you open an instance (having been ok when setting up the EQ curve initially).
I guess the EQ is doing some sort of target curve matching (to pink noise?) for the auto balance. It would be cool if the target curve was selectable, or even can be captured itself from another audio source, so we could use the same tool to EQ match. Just a suggestion since it seems like 90+% of the functionality is there?
The dynamic section is really powerful for mastering and probably for just about anything else too! There are still some “bugs” with this initial release or at least I have them on my old system (crasher Reaper, when opening the GUI or when using the AUTO feature), but hopefully they’ll be ironed out later on! (that stuff could be my old comoputer acting up, though) Thanks!