The Legendary Mick Guzauski, Acustica and Studio DMI present MickE-Q

Meet MickE-Q — precision meets musicality, from a true legend.

Developed in collaboration with Mick Guzauski — the legendary, multi-GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer behind some of the most iconic records of all time — MickE-Q is a hybrid 5-band EQ plugin that fuses analog warmth with digital precision. Whether you're enhancing vocals, shaping drums, or dialing in a final mix, this intuitive tool delivers musical results fast—crafted into a versatile and musical equalizer for today's producers and engineers, available for Windows and macOS in VST3, AU, and AAX formats.

Built on a Legacy of Sound

With a career spanning 50+ years, Mick’s credits read like a who’s who of music history: Daft Punk, Pharrell, Janelle Monae, The Weeknd, Kid Cudi, Tyler, The Creator, Prince, Cher, Celine Dion, Sting, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Jamiroquai, Hans Zimmer, Mary J. Blige, Pete Tong, Talking Heads, and many more. His genre-defining mixes are the inspiration behind MickE-Q’s sound.

MickE-Q GUI

Key Features

Inductor-style shelves (LF/HF) for musical analog tone
3 mid bands – fully parametric with variable Q, one with switchable range for full-spectrum control
High/Low-pass filters – selectable 12/24 dB/oct slopes
Custom saturation stage – harmonic preamp tuned to Mick’s preferences
Real-time visual EQ display – with draggable nodes and scalable UI
Advanced listening modes – Mid/Side, LR, Difference monitoring
Oversampling – 1x/2x/4x options to reduce aliasing
Input/output meters & gain staging – for precision control
Factory Presets: Professionally designed presets provide fast starting points and creative ideas for any production style.

Whether you're sweetening tracks or performing surgical corrections, MickE-Q delivers clarity, warmth, and full-spectrum control.

“I wanted to create an equalizer that combined the characteristics of a vintage inductor-based equalizer and a modern parametric equalizer. The low-frequency and high-frequency bands emulate classic inductor-based equalizers. There is also a 3-band parametric equalizer. The mid parametric band can cover the entire audio spectrum in 3 selectable ranges. A saturator ‘preamp’ is also included to add harmonics.” — Mick Guzauski

Technical information:

• Supported formats: VST3, AAX, and AU.

• Available sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz.

• Compatible with Windows 10 and 11.

• Compatible with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) to macOS Sonoma (version 14.x).

• Intel, AMD, and ARM compatible.

• Native Apple Silicon support (Rosetta not supported).

Price and availability

MickE-Q introductory price: €125 | 30% OFF until July 28, 2025 at 11:59 pm CET (reg. price €179)

Get it here!

The product is at an introductory period for the first four weeks after release or until the first official version is released; this implies that the product may receive improvements, changes, or fixes available through Aquarius Desktop updates.

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Note: MickE-Q's trial version includes 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz sample rates.

Please remember that trials expire 30 days after authorization, and we strongly recommend not using trial products in commercial sessions or any important project.

MickE-Q user's manual

MickE-Q webpage: https://www.acustica-audio.com/shop/products/MICKE-Q