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Originally posted by DJ RANN The subtractive EQ thing is not a bad idea for the beginner for the simple reason that someone that doens;t know exactly what they are doing has far more chance of fuckinh things up by boosting frequencies than cutting them. Also, it makes you concentrate on picking the right sounds in the first place rather than trying to make sounds that aren;t great work together. Of course, boosting frequencies is an incredibly useful tool but suggesting to a beginner that they should concentrate more on cutting frequencies is not that bad advice IMO.

Is this enough cut?



That is actually the eq I was running for an act (name hidden to protect the guilty) several months ago.... do you think they were boosting the eqs on the mixer and in their laptop (that should narrow it down a little.... ) ?
Top one is the main system, bottom is the monitors.

Trust me- on a system pusing out 250k+ it is VERY noticeable...especially when playing quite low quality mp3s as this act was...
Boosting is fine- IF you know what you are doing...otherwise you end up with honking, waaay too much bass and other fun things...

(and by the way- please..if anyone other than Rann knows or thinks they know, or has guessed where i work please keep it yourself or PM as I don't want it plastered over the forum..this is my livelihood-thnx )

Hmmm.... I know where but don't know who?...

PM'd

I'm always cutting bass in everything.
Even the bass itself I usually cut it a little bit.

I rarely cut mids. Maybe from the kick but mids I'm always boosting. But after I boost mids I lower the volume of the sample/synth so theres no total increase in volume.

Like if a sample is at -3, I'll boost the mids till it sounds good, this may push the volume up to -2, then I just lower the volume back down. I wind up with the a better sound with no volume increase. Matter a fact I do this for most things.

Then his I really don't touch a lot. I'm talking about the hi his, not mid his. They really don't change a lot with the sound imo. I mean I do tweak them, just not nearly as much as mids and bass.

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