Mind Boggling EQ

[get2sammyb]

I have looking up EQ and I now understand what it does and how it works. There are two things about EQ that I am not sure on though:

I was reading up EQ on a website that told me to "cut" the between 1-3khz and "boost" to 5khz. What the heck does that mean?

Secondly in Adobe Audition 1.5 exactly how is it done?

I see in "Filter Effects" dynamic EQ, and I also see on the multitrack display an EQ button...

What do I do? Yelp!

[lpdeluxe]

A "cut" is a lowering of volume at that particular frequency range; a "boost" is an increase. A good way to get the feel of what it does is to use the parametric EQ in Adobe Audition. There is a little box above the first track, on the left in Multitrack View, that says something like "Vol-EQ-FX" (I'm not at my recording computer right now so I may be off a little). Click on "EQ" and right click in the area to the left of the track you want to EQ. A window will come up that has a horizontal line that represents the "flat" (unmodified) EQ of the track. On this line there are 3 dots, which represent the starting places for EQ changes; from left to right they are the low, mid, and high frequencies. A scale at the bottom tells you the center frequency. Use the mouse to drag one of the dots up and down (and also left and right) and listen to what is happening. Pushing the dot up above the line (and note that the line goes up with it) is "boost" and pulling it down below the line is "cut." You can do the same thing in Edit View both with the parametric and graphic EQs (Effects/Filters/...) but it's not as immediate as using the sliding dots.

[crispycutz]

Originally Posted by lpdeluxe

use the parametric EQ in Adobe Audition....in Edit View (Effects/Filters/...)

The parametric Eq is much more precise...

Pointers:-->

The "Q" is the Width Colum....Basically sets how "wide" or narrow your attenuation will be...

The lower the Q, the wider/broader less precise the attenuation..

The higher the Q, the thinner/ more precise the attenuation...

As recommended by Dobro to me many moons ago....start with a Q of about 1.3, then experiment once you learn this Eq better..

Good article for Eq--->
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/article...256675000A3CFD

[get2sammyb]

Thanks for the prompt response guys.

I am going to play around with it then until I get sounds I like.

[Spaztic]

I have some questions around the same lines

• I have a part in edit mode
• check a frequency analysis
• make a huge eq change just to test it out
• check the frequency after the changes
• no huge change

What gives?

Am i doing something wrong?

[Change of POETS]

Originally Posted by Spaztic

I have some questions around the same lines

• I have a part in edit mode
• check a frequency analysis
• make a huge eq change just to test it out
• check the frequency after the changes
• no huge change

What gives?

Am i doing something wrong?

In edit mode, your track should reflect the changes in frequency analysis. I'm not sure why it wouldn't. Edit mode is destructive to the wave, so it changes the characteristics of the wave itself. I would understand if you were using the EQ in real time and the analysis wasn't changing... Heck, I'd probably make fun of you then.

But seriously, what EQ settings did you change? What frequencies did you adjust? Did you completely cut a frequency to see if the analysis would respond to that?

Sounds a bit weird to me.

As for the main topic of the thread, I despise the parametric EQ. I used to love it, my first couple years of mixing, but now I only seem to use the 30 band Dynamic EQ in real time to adjust my frequeny response... Maybe my ears are better now (or worse..lol..) but the parametric isn't as precise as I need it to be...

[crispycutz]

well well...

Do Real time effects get mixed down?

Ive been using Edit view religiously...

[Change of POETS]

Originally Posted by crispycutz

well well...

Do Real time effects get mixed down?

Ive been using Edit view religiously...

Yes, Real Time effects get mixed down. However, it takes a lot longer to mixdown now that I do it that way.

Before, when only using edit view to apply effects, it would take 10-30 seconds to mixdown a session. Now, it takes almost 1:30 - 2:00 to mixdown a session because it has to process the effects during the mixdown. However, it preserves the raw files within the session, and it's worth it.

[crispycutz]

Originally Posted by Change of POETS

it preserves the raw files within the session, and it's worth it.

Ahah! :lightbulb:

I see obi won...props for that!

[Change of POETS]

Originally Posted by crispycutz

Ahah! :lightbulb:

I see obi won...props for that!

That's why my Rep Power is so much higher than yours.