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| Fledz |
I'm a big fan of this but for some reason stopped doing it. Am doing it again now and it works wonders in creating space and improving dynamics.
You gotta be careful though as you can go overboard and kill the sound if you push it too much. |
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| Subtle |
I saw a mastering engineer do this to a full track, never thought of actually using it on individual channels..
Great technique, you can easily hear when the frequency is "bobbling" and then just cut with low Q there, to smoothen the sound. |
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| Waza |
Yes i found this out about a year ago and it's a great thing only problem is you can find more than just 1 or 2 bobbling bits, You have to know when to stop as well as you will loose the sound that you had in the beginning.
For me i usually do from 2 to 5 on a sound and just leave it at that. If i get a problem later on in a mix where i find something is wrong then i tend to look at what sounds are fighting for that space and adjust to suit.
But always use your ears as i found out early in the stage of doing this i was cutting to much and loosing the sound i wanted completely. Then thinking it sounds worse. |
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| Nick Cenik |
| Now that I've been producing for a while I've trained my ears to pick up on sounds that just don't sound 'right'. These days I apply EQ to nearly every individual channel/instrument: I use filter sweeps, a frequency analyzer, and (of course) an EQ to isolate and then cut problematic sounds. Most often I cut 'nasally' sounding noises as well as high-pitched hisses/ringing noises. EQ is essential to good mixing :) |
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| Beyer |
Apulsoft apeg has a very nice built-in analyzer, making it easy to spot these freqs.
Though I always use my ears when applying the cut. :) |
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| Wayne_B |
| Thanks, will start using this technique! |
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| DJ RANN |
I didn't realize people didn't know about this.
Apart from shelving, this is my primary eq technique - I go to it before anything else once the HP or LP or BP is done.
It's now second nature and very important, I feel, to do before anything else in terms of creative eqing - It gets rid of the problematic frequencies before you start actually changing the sound. This way when you begin to get creative to alter the sonic character, you're not bringing those problematic elements in to the mix.
In fact I found with basses and kick drums especially it gives you far more headroom with the mix of the other tracks - especially as the kick and bass, (proportionately) take up a large chunk of the master gain.
I often find that two small negative eq notches are enough to get rid of the troublesome frequencies in most sounds - you'll find they present themselves at harmonic intervals most often. If you add more you find that the sound loses some of it's characteristics and becomes dead, meaning you start to eq up other areas and can get a bit messy. |
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| lenieNt Force |
Very good article, thank you for sharing! I've kinda figured out a couple of those by myself, but I've never thought of sweeping by actually boosting to find trouble freq.. I've been sweeping with narrow notch cuts, but not boosting, and I've figured out the jigsaw technique.
Finally something new to try :D Been a long time now since I found really useful advice thats new to me. Gracias otra vez! |
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| palm |
i used to do this on my older tracks but as ive wanted to keep my project files simpler and simpler (have no idea why:conf: ) ive been cutting out a lot of efex and usualy only use one EQ module removing bottom and add some in the middle or top (or the oposit for basslines). not very bright of me.
ive been totaly fixated on order and simpleness in my projects lately, and when i come to think of it the same sort of shows in other things i do lately: selling all useless items in my house like all my hardware, old speakers and amps, getting rid of small pointless bills, which anyway doesnt cost a thing, throwing away alot of furniture and clothes. lol whats happening. i used to be such a materialist :nervous:
this was abit oftopic though. thanks for reminding me about the technique, im gonna force myself into start using it again. |
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| music2dance2 |
| This is indeed a great way of teaching yourself what sounds exist in which frequency also. I learnt this technique quiet early on, and its a great way of creating space and notching out those annoying sounds/frequency problem areas. |
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| Magnus |
| Excellent technique thanks for posting! |
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