The Q-Capture/Q-Clone combination solves three crucial limitations with outboard analog EQ: You can’t use more than one instance of a hardware processor, you can’t save presets, and you can’t see the actual curve that’s being applied—which often doesn’t correspond to the panel markings.

Q-Capture “samples” a hardware EQ’s curve. Save it as a Q-Clone plugin preset, insert it in as many tracks as you like, and see the exact curve represented graphically. It’s pretty magical.