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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Oct-30-2006 07:06:

Crazy EQ settings

Being an experimentalist, I like to try all sorts of EQ settings on different sounds, add effects to them, and see what I can make of them. Here are some effects you can do with a basic 32-band EQ, reverb, and distortion:

"Old recording" kind of effect - Played at half speed, reverb on the guitar, took out almost all the bands but the mids, left a couple highs in. (Original sound, also used for the next two).

Weird-sounding - Took out everything but a couple mid bands, then distorted the whole thing.

Similar - First the "normal" sound, then four mid bands playing by themselves, then down to one band with distortion added, then two bands, three, and four.

"Breathing" synth sound - If you can get just the right EQ settings on a harmonically rich sound like a "supersaw," it will start to sound like it's "breathing."

Spacey EQ effect on a synth - What you do for this one is take a harmonically rich sound and raise and lower individual bands of your EQ for the length of a sixteenth or eighth note at intervals of your choice. Put some delay and reverb at the end and you have the effect.

Do you guys use EQ as a transformative "effect" as well as a way to polish your sound?

Posted by Chronosis on Oct-30-2006 10:49:

Personally, I don't like the unnatural sound of too much EQ'ing. So I like to use it as little as possible.

Posted by Lindo on Oct-30-2006 22:35:

i like that breathing sound...reminds me of an ethnic sort of track with some wild jungle percs.

Posted by DJ KING#1 on Oct-31-2006 00:22:

when it comes to bass lines and what not eqing is the way to go sometimes depending on the style or the structure of the track you can get some surprising results that will be astounding

Posted by Low Profile on Nov-01-2006 20:02:

I think these demos are way past your regular equalizing usage, guys....

I loved those sounds man! really organic and strange, really inspired me to think differently of my EQ
Were you using a plugin? what plugin do you use for eq-ing? (I've never found an eq with over 16 bands...)

Posted by Lindo on Nov-01-2006 20:59:

there's this program from U-he called Filterscape that has LFOs and other knobs and filters to create some crazy automated eq settings.

Check out the features page here

This effects plugin can do some WILD things so go get it!

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Nov-01-2006 23:29:

That plug-in does look cool, Lindo. I don't have the money for it right now, but I may get it in the future.

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I think these demos are way past your regular equalizing usage, guys....

Yeah, in case that was unclear, that was the basic idea behind this thread, not "polishing" the sounds you already have, but warping them so that they sound totally different.

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I loved those sounds man! really organic and strange, really inspired me to think differently of my EQ

Were you using a plugin? what plugin do you use for eq-ing? (I've never found an eq with over 16 bands...)

I used the vocoder unit that comes with Reason. It doubles as an EQ with up to 32 bands. You can get similar cool effects with a 16-band, I'm sure. It would just be less precise.

Posted by Mr Rogers on Nov-01-2006 23:36:

i eq almost every single sound in my tracks seperately.....best way of filling the spectrum properly.

first sample is pretty cool