I'm wondering how common it is to change the EQ on an instrument during a song.
Right now I'm working on a ballad which starts off with just vocal and piano (an electronic keyboard set to imitate a grand). Drums and bass join in after a couple verses, and some synth strings come in a little later. Then it ends with a sudden decrescendo back to solo piano.
Originally, I rolled off a lot of the bass freqs on the piano because I figured they weren't adding much in the first place and that I should also leave room in the low end for the bass guitar. But now I'm thinking that I shouldn't roll off the low end of the piano until the bass guitar actually starts playing, and then put it back again when the song reverts to solo piano at the end.
The only reason I'm asking (instead of experimenting) is that it's a little difficult to automate EQ on/off on my system. If a lot of guys in the forum think it's a bad idea to change EQ mid-song, or at least for this particular application, that would save me a lot of time in the lab. I'd just leave the low end off of the piano throughout the song. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to put on the labcoat.
What's the verdict?
Right now I'm working on a ballad which starts off with just vocal and piano (an electronic keyboard set to imitate a grand). Drums and bass join in after a couple verses, and some synth strings come in a little later. Then it ends with a sudden decrescendo back to solo piano.
Originally, I rolled off a lot of the bass freqs on the piano because I figured they weren't adding much in the first place and that I should also leave room in the low end for the bass guitar. But now I'm thinking that I shouldn't roll off the low end of the piano until the bass guitar actually starts playing, and then put it back again when the song reverts to solo piano at the end.
The only reason I'm asking (instead of experimenting) is that it's a little difficult to automate EQ on/off on my system. If a lot of guys in the forum think it's a bad idea to change EQ mid-song, or at least for this particular application, that would save me a lot of time in the lab. I'd just leave the low end off of the piano throughout the song. Otherwise, I guess I'll have to put on the labcoat.
What's the verdict?