I understand why carving EQ holes is important. I understand that cutting out a freq can be much more beneficial than just boosting. I understand that subtle changes go a long way. The issue I'm having is executing this process. What is a good dB level to sweep at? Am I listening for background noise (to cut) during the sweep? Am I listening to the actual sound of the instrument? Or is it both? If the dB is up high enough (or too high, I guess), something like the guitar always sounds bizarre to me all through-out the mids to upper mids to highs...that kind of in a boxed/wavy sound to squealish. This might be cuz I have the dB up too high, or is it sometimes necessary to cut a large chunk of this area out? Is it sometimes necessary to cut large chunks and just leave one or two specific freqs in the mix (per instrument, or atleast for certain ones)? Unfortunately I'm stuck doing this via headphones, or if I'm lucky, home stereo speakers, with are both unideal situations. I'd assume it's better than nothing, but could it be the reason why I'm having issues? I just don't have the money yet to buy monitors. I feel that this is super important to a mix sounding it's best.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Adam
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Adam