EQ Levels & Example Help

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Hi I got this instrumental for this song- wretch 32 forgiveness and ive been playing around, watching tutorials, reading off google on EQ but I cant seem to get my eq to the same levels as his in the song.
Can anyone help me with the settings I should use on my voice to match his?
This is the song im trying to eq my levels to match: Wretch 32 ft Etta Bond - Forgiveness (Official Video) (Out 11.12.11) - YouTube

Ive got my EQ near but its alot lower in level sounds but was recorded the same so I just need help. All help appreciated
 
Hi I got this instrumental for this song- wretch 32 forgiveness and ive been playing around, watching tutorials, reading off google on EQ but I cant seem to get my eq to the same levels as his in the song.
Can anyone help me with the settings I should use on my voice to match his?
This is the song im trying to eq my levels to match: Wretch 32 ft Etta Bond - Forgiveness (Official Video) (Out 11.12.11) - YouTube

Ive got my EQ near but its alot lower in level sounds but was recorded the same so I just need help. All help appreciated

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Right off, you're asking (presumably you mean eq tone settings not 'levels') to match one thing we get to hear to.. another we don't?
Think about that.. ;)
 
what do u mean? av recorded off a se x1 mic am tryna get the same sound
 
what do u mean? av recorded off a se x1 mic am tryna get the same sound

What do you mean? Your terminology is confusing. Are you talking about loudness or tonal balance?

In any case, if the voice you are recording isn't already pretty much like the one you are copying then eq probably isn't going to make it match.
 
what do u mean? av recorded off a se x1 mic am tryna get the same sound

Umm it means.. You're there hearing them both and saying they don't have the same tone (or whatever, sound.
We get to hear one of them.. but we're supposed to guess which way your's is off?

..That's even if the two voices really are similar enough in any number of other ways that eq can even get them to the same sound.
Better maybe to keep at trying to make it sound good in your own way?
 
i mean in terms of loudness and im trying to get a pro eq sound like it was recorded in studio
 
Hey Master.

We'd need to hear examples of both tracks to give advice, but even at that I don't think anyone will really be able to help.


So many people say things like "for kick, you want to boost a little at 80-100hz, and cut a bit at 500hz" etc, but I always thought, what if the acoustic sound of the kick is really heavy at 90hz, and lacking in 500hz?

IMO, you need to know how the source sounds, and how the mixed track sounds to determine what's been done to it.
 
Hi Steen I know exactly what you mean and before posting this I have read, done hours of youtube searches and google searches but I just cant understand what the best settings are even after playing around with the EQ.
When people say boost 8-100hz on what scale do they mean..like on cubase do they mean on the high pass, the parametic or whatever its called or which one..thats what i always get confused..and what is each one of those for?
 
I don't think you get me Master.

For us to give advice, we'd need to hear your recordings, and your target recordings.
Even then it's still a difficult thing to offer advice on.


When people talk about boosting certain frequencies, it's the same scale across the board.

A parametric eq with a graphic visual is probably the easiest eq to learn on.

Like this.

Every eq plugin you use should have a scale of frequencies so you can boost or cut lows, mids, highs, etc.

They usually go from about 20hz to 20khz, which is generally accepted as the optimum range of human hearing.

There are basic types of adjustment that you can make. Google this, you'll get pictures that are easier to understand, but.

A notch is like a little bump on your eq, or a little cut. It can be wide or thin, but it's still a notch.
A high pass will slope downwards toward the left (bass/low freq end of the scale). It allows higher frequencies to pass.
A low pass will slope downwards toward the right (high freq end of the scale). It allows lower frequencies to pass.

High shelf will let you raise or lower the high frequencies without adjusting the bass.
Low shelf will let you raise or lower the low frequencies without adjusting the highs.

For example, boosting 80hz on a bass track can emphasis the boomy qualities of it, but boosting 8-10k on a drum kit will bring out hi hats, cymbals and snare crack; Stuff that's high pitched.

If someone says, "do a boost at 80hz" you'd probably get out a narrow q (width) notch on your eq.
If they haven't heard your track though, don't bother! :p

Hope that's useful to you.

The absolute best thing to do IMO is literally just play with the eq plugin. Move things about at random if you don't get it. Your ears will soon tell you what's good and what's not.

Pretty much everything I've learned was by ear, whether playing an instrument or mixing a track.
The theory came later, and while I think it's great to have, the instinct is the most important but, for me at least.

Plenty of great pianists can't read music Massa!
 
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Sorry to bombard you Master, but I'm just thinking, the idea of sounding like a band/singer/recording is fine as a vague goal,
but to be honest, I wouldn't get hung up on it.

I've recorded some covers to sorta test myself; You know, try to get as close to the original as possible.

The bottom line is though, unless you have the same singers, instruments, amps, rooms, mics, preamps etc It will never sound the same.
 
IF you are trying to get your recording as loud as this other recording (that we haven't heard, so we can't help you match it), EQ is not the answer.

If you want the tone to be the same, it probably won't happen unless you are using the same mic and the same vocalist.

Also keep in mind that the recording that you are trying to match might also be compressed. Compression will change the tone of a recording too, and you won't be able to get that sound out of an EQ.
 
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