Tag: EQUALIZER
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EQ Flavours
Passive (Passive EQ Filters) = Broad Strokes, e.g. Knif Soma, Pultec 1A, 52dB Audio Pequex, Chandler Curve Bender Program EQ (Boosts and Attenuates Symmetrically) = Broad Strokes, e.g. Knif Soma Passive Tube EQ, All Pultecs, 52dB Audio Pequex, BAX (Shelves Only), – Notice that Real Original Pultec has Tubes, but there are also Solid State…
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Fix a Mix with Certain Characters
General Elements that Stick Out Uncomfortably Loud 1) Play a Mix and Increase Listening Volume to 85dB SPL – i.e. Try a SPL Meter Like the Free Niosh Sound Level Meter and Set to A-Weighting / Slow Response to Measure the 85db) 2) Identify 2-3 Elements that Stick Out Uncomfortably 3) Cut Each Element that Sticks…
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Fader Level vs Low Cut vs Shelf EQ
1) If the Vocal Sounds Too Boomy, Don’t EQ it Right Away and Especially Don’t Low Cut it 2) Instead Ignore Everything Below 500Hz and Try to Level Balance the Vocal Based on You Hear from 1.8kHz to 4kHz 3) Then Shelve the Too Boomy Vocal, i.e. Shelve Band at 300Kz or 400Hz (Sometimes 500Hz)…
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EQ Settings Dance Master (or Mix Advice)
1) Analyzer with Average / RMS Reading and Slow Update (Not a Moment to Moment Peak Display) – i.e. a Spectrum Analyzer that Clearly Sticks to an Overall Spectrum Envelope with a Rather Slow Update Over Time 2) Clean EQ (Nugen SEQ) to Balance Spectrum from Roughly 100Hz to About 5kHz 3) Now you Should…
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Solve Resonances
General – Most Resonances Occur between 200Hz and 800Hz – if You Realise the Problem can Not be Solved, Trans the Idea of Fixing it Like that and Look for the Fundamental Problem – i.e. Too Many EQ Points and / or Using Many EQs Cause Phase Issues – Make the Cut Never Too Sharp…