EQ Carving

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Having been advised to employ EQ carving by several folk through this forum I've done a fair bit of research into the topic. It all makes sense & I can see how it works. Virtually all the literature on the topic uses diagrams/graphics to demonstrate the point. It is easily understood in a visual medium. But performing the task is a reall strain on the ears without graphic support.
What I'm getting at is none of the lit. suggested a readily available means of acquiring the graphic or visualisation of a given piece of music.
Can anyone recommend a prog that will give that information that is compatible with Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.3? Does 9.3 already have the capacity to generate a graphic representation? Free/shareware would be dandy but not essential.
Here's hoping.
Cheers
rayC
 
The spectrum graphs in apps like Izotope Ozone and N-Track are interesting to look at, and could show large scale EQ imbalances I suppose, but personally I don't see a way around just doing it by ear.

Tim
 
Tim & ocnor,
'tis as I feared.
With the carven EQ
To be done it is eared
Graphics help but don't do.
Thanks folks, I've downloaded the spec an & will play about with it. I held out only slim hope that it would be as easy as the graphics intimated.
It's back to LISTENING again.
Thanks again
Cheers
rayC
 
I'm having a similiar thing goin on here right now... I'm trying to use EQ to drop snares and bass drums out of a sample so I can put my own in there... Good luck
 
I find that us beginners hammer our ears because we don't really know what we're doing. I do anyway. I often find my ears dull after a mixing session (ouch -- scary) because it takes me so long to play with compression and eq.

A pro would know what to tweak and get rid of those harsh frequencies and overlaps pronto before they did much harm. I spend hours trying to separate a vocal from a guitar -- listening to that same phrase over and over again. And I don't really even know what IS a harsh frequency/level -- till my ears are trashed. Then I get worried for the next few days, hoping they recover.
 
Rightoh,
I'm not on my Pat Malone then. "These are the dreams of ordinary men".
I don't, however, keep at it until my ears are trashed. I already have tinitus. The tinitus does cause additional problems in that it may mask some sounds and create the impression of others. Look after your ears aspiring! Avoid loud h/phones where you can. Many would say avoid headphones fullstop.
If you trash them now they're ash later on.
Peritus, it generates a greater appreciation of those that have learnt the skill doesn't it. Good luck.
Cheers & thanks everyone.
rayC
 
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My best recordings were done using an 8 track tape recorder in which I would mix down to a tape deck with a Radio Shack EQ between the two devices. The EQ had a spectrum on it, and I was able to put in a tape of a band I wanted to sound like to see its spectrum, and I was able to then tweak the EQ on my stuff to get pretty close.

If you are able to somehow introduce an external EQ with a spectrum analyzer on it, definitely try that.

I can't seem to do it with my stupid computer. In fact, I really hate recording on my computer. It sucks the life out of all my riffs somehow. I think I'm going back to 4 or 8 track audio tape.
 
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