glossary
Minimum-phase EQ is the everyday EQ behavior used by most analog-style and zero-latency EQs.
Minimum-phase EQ changes tone while also shifting phase around the adjusted frequencies. That phase movement is part of how most analog EQs and many digital EQs behave.
It is usually natural, low-latency, and practical for normal mixing decisions.
Linear-phase EQ preserves phase relationships more evenly, but it can add latency and pre-ringing. Minimum-phase EQ avoids that pre-ringing but changes phase around the filter.
Neither mode is automatically better. The source, filter shape, and context decide which tradeoff matters.
Phase shift from minimum-phase EQ is often harmless or musically useful, but it can matter on parallel paths, multi-mic drums, or layered low end.
Meter Core helps check low-end level, peaks, and balance after EQ moves so tonal choices stay grounded.