A couple questions about using the virus' EQ

[TweakHead]

Yeah, I wouldn't think of the EQ on the virus as a mixing tool... Besides using Low Pass to roll off unwanted low end from a patch, like Timo said. Mid Eq can be used for a number of things: don't forget you can even modulate it's frequency, for example - making it a useful sound-design tool on some occasions.

I usually use Eq mainly for cutting myself... I really don't like the sound of boosting when using precise digital Eqs, that's where analogue beats the shit out of digital - when pushed hard it sounds sweet where digital only sounds muddy and distorted. so if you're really into boosting with Eqs, I'd say go for analogue (modeling) ones - those with some kind of character...

[nutrinoland]

I use the Virus EQ as a part of creating the sound...I always use a separate parametric EQ on the channel after creating the sound, to fit it in the Mix. I almost never boost more than 3 dB on the parametric EQ, and I use a wide Bandwidth while boosting.

[Barnelby]

Great info guys, thanks! I have been way too reliant on the virus EQ and end up giving myself a headache trying to make things fit with it. Nice to know I've been doing it wrong.

[nutrinoland]

The Virus EQ has only a Low and High shelf and one fully parametric mid EQ...It is not as flexible and precise as a fully Parametric EQ that offers many filter types and multiple bands, to carve out an shape sounds more precisely.
Sometimes I even use 2 parametric EQ's on the same channel after I run out of Bands..