tubedude
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Not the be-all-end-all, but it works nice sometimes.
OPen a project, and pick a track, heavy guitar, bass, kick, whatever... open a 2 or 3 band parametric on the track. Set the Q pretty steep, but not like a notch, and set about 5db cut, give or take... now, put your mouse on the sweep knob for the 1st band, start the song, click down and hold the sweep know, and close your eyes. Now just LISTEN as you slowly sweep the range. You are listening for areas in the mix that it makes it sound 1) better or 2) doesnt really change anything sound wise but does make some space. When you find one of these places, open your eyes and mess with the Q and the amount of reduction. Do the same with next band and see if you need it in there anywhere, eyes closed. You are just listening, eyes closed, not caring where the cut IS, but that it sounds good or helps make space elsewhere without being noticed. NOw go through and add low cuts on everything that it might apply to and clean up that low end rumble that might not have been so apparent.
Works fairly well sometimes, I just had 15 EQ's going on a 14 track song, just messing, and it really made some space. It kept locking up my CPU, but thats ok. Just experimenting.
Try it, see if it works for you. And when you get done doing this, try doing a medium wide cut of a few db's around 315hz on the final mix. Sweep it to find the sweetest spot.
Have fun.
OPen a project, and pick a track, heavy guitar, bass, kick, whatever... open a 2 or 3 band parametric on the track. Set the Q pretty steep, but not like a notch, and set about 5db cut, give or take... now, put your mouse on the sweep knob for the 1st band, start the song, click down and hold the sweep know, and close your eyes. Now just LISTEN as you slowly sweep the range. You are listening for areas in the mix that it makes it sound 1) better or 2) doesnt really change anything sound wise but does make some space. When you find one of these places, open your eyes and mess with the Q and the amount of reduction. Do the same with next band and see if you need it in there anywhere, eyes closed. You are just listening, eyes closed, not caring where the cut IS, but that it sounds good or helps make space elsewhere without being noticed. NOw go through and add low cuts on everything that it might apply to and clean up that low end rumble that might not have been so apparent.
Works fairly well sometimes, I just had 15 EQ's going on a 14 track song, just messing, and it really made some space. It kept locking up my CPU, but thats ok. Just experimenting.
Try it, see if it works for you. And when you get done doing this, try doing a medium wide cut of a few db's around 315hz on the final mix. Sweep it to find the sweetest spot.
Have fun.
