MusicWater
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I think what it means is, if you have too much bass rumbling in a track/instrument and you want to turn that track up to hear some of the higher frequencies, then the bass frequencies can become a problem as you turn it up, therefore, a high pass or low shelf can help enable you to turn that track up without a problem of low frequency build up.
It is that way too, it is both ways. You remove some of the less necessary vocal frequencies so that other frequencies in that region don't have to compete as much and so that they are perceived more clearly at the desired signal level. This also has the impact that by not having to increase those sound sources as much in signal level in order to make them clear/dominant enough in the low end, their mids and highs will stay less loud too, hence giving the sound sources in the mids and highs less frequencies to fight with as well. And now to what you added to it: When you then want to make those low frequency dominant sound sources a little more dominant in the mids and highs, the product of what you then end up with in the lows will not as quickly/easily be a product towards mud.
Thank you, we are getting somewhere!