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Equalizing for dummies! (pg. 2)
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| daeus |
I'm using the Waves Diamond Bundle with Cubase SX3 after finding my tracks were overloading with sounds that I needed to control and having never looked in to EQ'ing before but I'm strugling interpreting the above theory and applying with all the tools waves comes with...are there any good guides out there, similar to the Tweakheads guide I found http://www.tweakheadz.com/EQ_and_the_Limits_of_Audio.htmlhere[/URL] which uses waves tools as examples, that would be very useful.
I also just bought some nice monitors that I want to take adv of. |
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| B_man |
| quote: | Originally posted by Pjotr G
on a side note, I think that a lot of people use eq on a sound to compensate for poor sound selection. Sometimes if a kick won't fit (example), just use another one, instead of polishing up a turd.
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I have been guilty of that in the past... usually because I didn't have many kicks to play with.
LOL at the metaphor. |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | | Sometimes if a kick won't fit (example), just use another one |
Yeah, or just stick a low pass on it, I spent a long time going through kicks when all I really needed to learn was how to apply a damn filter:whip: |
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| lowski |
| quote: | Originally posted by nephilim
Equalizing for dummies! By Christian Zechner
Removal of subsonic rumble from your mix is essential for getting a nice, transparent sound image (especially when you are mastering for a vinyl record. When writing audio data to a vinyl record, too much information applied will write a wide ridge in the record and the needle will get unstable and skip.) The application of a highpass filter will fix this. Set it to cut everything below 20-50Hz.
In general, the EQ slope on a master mix should look much like a «smile». Raise the bass and treble levels and/or cut the mid range. This will ensure a good low end while maintaining a good, clear treble, and the mix won't be too hard on your ears.
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I never knew that about vinyl , interesting to learn cuz i had bought a record twice because the first copy skipped and i had the same with the second record in the exact same spot. Since the records were old florida breaks i understand how it must have been because of subsonic rumble. i always thought it was cuz of a ty pressing.
Also i keep hearing not to master your own tracks des that meen that putting and EQ on the whole mix and making this slope is something i should NOT do?. Cuz i actually had tried it and liked the results.
Thanksfor the post nephilim, I cant wait to read the one about compression, etc. |
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| Chronosis |
| quote: | [i][b]
Also i keep hearing not to master your own tracks des that meen that putting and EQ on the whole mix and making this slope is something i should NOT do?. Cuz i actually had tried it and liked the results.
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Mastering is a broader consept than that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_mastering
Whether you should do it yourself or not depents. If it's getting mastered by a professional (in case of a release for example), then of course not. If you are sharing it as a free mp3, then do it (if you trust your skills). Most who share their tracks here, do their own mastering. |
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| B_man |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
Yeah, or just stick a low pass on it, I spent a long time going through kicks when all I really needed to learn was how to apply a damn filter:whip: |
Yeah, but do you ever find yourself low-passing a kick drum, bandpassing another on top of it, layering a high-hat, filtering out the highhat and clipping off the tail, drop some 5-600s on the EQ, clipping of the tail of the low-pass kick and layering a 909 machine to get the tail right, getting rid of the band-passed kick, parametric-Eq it, replacing it with a snare, clipping the snare, resonnating the snare, low-passing the snare, deleting the high-hat, replacing the low-pass kick drum, deleting the synth emulating a 909, getting a 909 sample, trimming the 909 tail, pitch-bending the snare drum, adding the same high hat that you deleted and filtering it low and pitch bending that as well, layering another kick drum and clipping off the tail, band-passing it, then you layer a tom drum and see if that is a better sounding "chunk" than the snare drum, confusing yourself, deleting the snare drum, deleting the 909 kick... rinse... repeat...
Suddenly, I spent more time EQ-ing and fixing kick drums then I did ever working on a damn mix... and it rarely yields fruitful results.
That's what warranted my initial comment. In the wrong hands, EQ can be a bunch of machine-gun shots in the dark.
BY THE WAY... this is a good thread! |
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| maximlee |
| always good to have a reminder.... |
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| Leniu |
| thank you... one of the most helpful things ive ever read |
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| daeus |
| Ok my post seemed to have bumped the thread too much and thus no one picked up my last question! |
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| Ambient Chaos |
| Thanks! I'm just starting out and this was a BIG help |
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| Andy28 |
| Thats good, no need to bump it though. |
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