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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?
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