Blindfold EQ

Blindfold EQ by AudioThing is a free EQ VST plugin that doesn’t display frequency labels. It discards the conventional user interface conventions, forcing you to rely on your ears instead of visuals. With its four essential bands – low shelf, low mid, high mid, and high shelf filter – you can control the tonal balance without any frequency, gain, or Q indicators. The Soft Clip function manages peaks in a uniquely musical way, avoiding hard clipping.

Meanwhile, the ‘Analog’ button introduces saturation and a subtle high-frequency roll-off, starting around 12 kHz. Blindfold EQ is equal parts an EQ plugin and an ear training tool. It offers a novel approach to mixing that can help you focus on the sound itself and teach you to trust your ears.