EQ and Mixing

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SouthSIDE Glen said:
I honestly don't know how to help someone who has been here for six months already and doesn't even know what a parametric EQ is. You have a lot more basic studying to do, son. You need to learn what the basic tools *are* before you can learn specific techniques in using them.

G.
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To start him off i copied this from the rane website:

parametric equalizer First designed and named by George Massenburg in 1969, a multi-band variable equalizer offering control of all the "parameters" of the internal bandpass filter sections. These parameters being amplitude, center frequency and bandwidth. This allows the user not only to control the amplitude of each band, but also to shift the center frequency and to widen or narrow the affected area. Available with rotary and slide controls. Subcategories of parametric equalizers exist which allow control of center frequency but not bandwidth. For rotary control units the most used term is quasi-parametric. For units with slide controls the popular term is paragraphic. The frequency control may be continuously variable or switch selectable in steps. Cut-only parametric equalizers (with adjustable bandwidth or not) are called notch equalizers, or band-reject equalizers. See the RaneNote Constant-Q Graphic Equalizers.

Hope it helps. good luck
 
Bloodsoaked said:
I am attaching a screen shot of the Parimetric EQ I have. You can go here: http://magnus.smartelectronix.com and see more on it as well. It is called: "NyquistEq Paragraphic eq". THis is the only one I have ever used. I amot sure what the up/down, side/side things are. From the attached screen shot you can see the different colors and how they move. There is nothing else on the plug in that says anything.

Peter
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Download a normal parametric with knobs. No wonder you are confused, you have to know what you are doing to use that confusing thing.

What program are you using that doesn't have a parametric EQ as standard equipment? There has to be one. Is there no channel strip on the mixer?
 
Farview said:
Download a normal parametric with knobs. No wonder you are confused, you have to know what you are doing to use that confusing thing.

What program are you using that doesn't have a parametric EQ as standard equipment? There has to be one. Is there no channel strip on the mixer?
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I use Mixcraft. It has a standard 10 band EQ that has an ouput gain that goes from -10db to 10db. I am attaching a screen shot of it.
 

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Farview said:
Download a normal parametric with knobs. No wonder you are confused, you have to know what you are doing to use that confusing thing.QUOTE]

I have a few other Parametric EQ plug ins with knobs as well but they are even more confusing and there is almost never any documentation on any of them. Do you have a decent free one that a newbie could get used to?
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SouthSIDE Glen said:
I honestly don't know how to help someone who has been here for six months already and doesn't even know what a parametric EQ is. You have a lot more basic studying to do, son. You need to learn what the basic tools *are* before you can learn specific techniques in using them.
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6months might seem like a long time but as this is just a hobby and I am still learning allot of just the basics of home recording.
 
If you have a parametric EQ, use it. I explained in an earlier post what all the knobs do.
 
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