Dangerous Music BAX500
The Dangerous Music BAX500 is a high-fidelity 500-series Baxandall-style equalizer that brings the legendary tone-shaping qualities of the full-size BAX EQ into a single-slot modular format. Designed for tracking, mixing, and mastering, the BAX500 delivers broad, musical shelving curves and precision filters in a compact and refined package.
Unlike surgical EQs that focus narrowly on specific problem areas, the BAX500 uses broad high and low shelving curves to enhance depth, clarity, and dimension across several octaves at once — helping mixes feel finished rather than merely corrected. It also includes smooth, natural High Cut and Low Cut filters to remove infrasonic rumble and ultrasonic content, which can sap headroom and cloud translation.
Built with mastering-grade components, a DC-coupled signal path, and a relay-controlled hard-wired bypass, the BAX500 delivers transparent, phase-coherent sound that preserves the core characteristics of your source while adding musical dimension and polish. Run a single module on vocal or instrument tracks, or pair two modules for stereo bus or mastering applications.
Features
- Single-slot 500-series Baxandall equalizer
- Broad high and low shelving for musical tone shaping
- High Cut and Low Cut filters to control frequency extremes
- Musical 12 dB-per-octave filter slopes
- ±5 dB gain range for subtle boosts or cuts
- Relay-controlled hard-wired bypass for transparent A/B testing
- DC-coupled signal path up to the Low Cut filter
- Mastering-grade custom components for clarity, depth, and punch
- Hand-assembled in the USA for reliability and sonic integrity
Applications
- Tracking vocals and instruments with smooth tonal enhancement
- Refining guitars, bass, synths, and other instrumentation
- Stereo bus and mix bus sweetening (in matched pairs)
- Mastering EQ for broad, musical balance control
- Cleaning up infrasonic and ultrasonic artifacts before further processing
Technical Specifications
- Format: Single-slot 500-series module
- EQ Type: Baxandall-style high and low shelving EQ
- Shelving Gain Range: ±5 dB
- Filter Behavior: Broad shelving shaping across several octaves
- High Cut / Low Cut: Smooth, natural filters
- Filter Slope: 12 dB per octave
- Bypass: Relay-controlled hard-wired bypass
- Signal Path: DC-coupled up to the Low Cut filter
- Components: Mastering-grade custom components
- Assembly: Hand assembled in the USA