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1 khz cut?
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| azndragon0613 |
| I've seen some producers doing 1 khz cuts in there songs. Is there any reason for this or is it pure coincidence. |
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| SPAWNmaster |
every track is different mate...it's like asking if it's wrong to right-click and press "paste" instead of ctrl+v.
it could've been necessary for their particular master cuts to get the sound they wanted |
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| azndragon0613 |
| Well I understand that each song has it's own needs. I'm just wondering if a 1 khz cut is significant in any way. Say for example you encounter muddiness in your bass. Regardless of song, a freq cut at 250 hz will help clear things up. I'm just wondering if a 1 khz cut serves a similar purpose. |
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| mysticalninja |
| 250 can very well be necessary body in bass. the muddyness can be anywhere from 250-400hz. it really depends on the sound. 250 is NOT always bad. on kick drums it is usually always bad between 250-300hz.. but 250 can be good for bass.. a small cut at 300 never hurt tho. |
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| cybernetica |
I never heard about that technique but 1khz is the area that you know you have too much of when the leads take away energy from percussion or things just sound a little "hollow", not exactly hissy nor muddy, something between. It is really hard to describe especially since english is not my native language. But you can get an impression of what I mean easily by loading any track and boosting the 1khz area.
So yea, I can think it could be useful when you have a lot of mid-frequency leads that take away too much energy from the bass and the percussion. A mid range valley could be the solution. |
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| azndragon0613 |
| It's instrument specific. I was playing around with a lead and I noticed that cutting the 1 khz area (bell shaped) about a few db reduces the nasalness of a song. |
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| Zombie0729 |
according to this months FM which i just got... 1k-3k is the frequency range that makes your 'ears hurt' they write 'everyone always blames the bass but its actually this mid range that causes the pain!'
they said, there is no exact science though, some waves are bad at 1.5k, some snares and triangles are bad at 3k it's all by ear.
so yes, these range is important, who knew! |
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| azndragon0613 |
| Interesting stuff. I was reading some frequency charts and they say ohihats sound bad at the 1 khz area as well. Anyway, thanks for the responses. |
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| mysticalninja |
| yup. 1-3khz gives you ear fatigue fastest. |
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