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Pint o' Guinness, please.
I've seen a lot of criticism of graphic equalizers, and "rules of thumb" that say "don't ever use them for recording". So I wanted to present my experience with my graphic eq. I'm more than happy to take constructive criticism of my technique, as long as it doesn't get personal.
I have a dual graphic eq (DBX 231s). I'm not using it for monitor adjustment or compensating for room issues. When I use it (which is not too often), it is during the editing/mixing phase to radically shape the sound of certain instruments.
See, my songs often have 10 instruments or more, and I sometimes need an instrument to provide just a tiny sound to the mix. Sometimes the purpose is to remove lots of bottom end. And sometimes the purpose is to remove several frequency slots, to allow for other instruments. When I'm cutting out so much of the sound, it just makes more sense to me, to use the graphic eq than the parametric eq.
As an example, I sometimes require an acoustic guitar with almost all of the low-end rolled off, so that the guitar functions more like a percussive instrument. It just doesn't seem feasible or logical to try and do something like this with a parametric eq.
My recordings sound good to me, so I would say it's a good solution, right?
Is there a better hardware solution? (I am a hardware recordist and do not plan to switch to software/DAW, so please don't recommend plugins. )
I have a dual graphic eq (DBX 231s). I'm not using it for monitor adjustment or compensating for room issues. When I use it (which is not too often), it is during the editing/mixing phase to radically shape the sound of certain instruments.
See, my songs often have 10 instruments or more, and I sometimes need an instrument to provide just a tiny sound to the mix. Sometimes the purpose is to remove lots of bottom end. And sometimes the purpose is to remove several frequency slots, to allow for other instruments. When I'm cutting out so much of the sound, it just makes more sense to me, to use the graphic eq than the parametric eq.
As an example, I sometimes require an acoustic guitar with almost all of the low-end rolled off, so that the guitar functions more like a percussive instrument. It just doesn't seem feasible or logical to try and do something like this with a parametric eq.
My recordings sound good to me, so I would say it's a good solution, right?
Is there a better hardware solution? (I am a hardware recordist and do not plan to switch to software/DAW, so please don't recommend plugins. )