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mixaholic
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Does anybody know of any good EQ techniques or where i can find some goo techniques?
Massive Master
www.massivemastering.com
Cut frequencies that need to be cut and boost ones that need boosting?
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
Search this forum for "parametric sweep" for one common one that I don't feel like re-typing again 
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Some "general concepts" - not rules in stone - include:
1.) Use EQ boost to make a track sound different/use EQ cut to make a track sound better.
B.) Tracks with similar forments can often fit together better by cutting one track a few dB as a particular frequency and boosting the other a few dB at that same frequency.
iii.) Use technique 1. to help determine the ideal freq(s) to use in technique B.
Four.) Technique B. can sometimes be a more natural-sounding solution than just boosting one track by twice ans much and leaving the other alone. Sometimes.
V.) Sometimes boosting a track 3dB at a frequency and one or two dB at its first harmonic can be as good or better than boosting it 6dB as a single frequency.
6.) Listen to the music and don't just hear it.
G.
.Some "general concepts" - not rules in stone - include:
1.) Use EQ boost to make a track sound different/use EQ cut to make a track sound better.
B.) Tracks with similar forments can often fit together better by cutting one track a few dB as a particular frequency and boosting the other a few dB at that same frequency.
iii.) Use technique 1. to help determine the ideal freq(s) to use in technique B.
Four.) Technique B. can sometimes be a more natural-sounding solution than just boosting one track by twice ans much and leaving the other alone. Sometimes.
V.) Sometimes boosting a track 3dB at a frequency and one or two dB at its first harmonic can be as good or better than boosting it 6dB as a single frequency.
6.) Listen to the music and don't just hear it.
G.
Ethan Winer
Acoustics Expert
> Does anybody know of any good EQ techniques or where i can find some goo techniques? <
See this:
www.ethanwiner.com/equalizers.html
--Ethan
See this:
www.ethanwiner.com/equalizers.html
--Ethan
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mixaholic
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thanks guys. i'm really just trying to eq vocals right
BRIEFCASEMANX
Winner chicken dinner!
like was said earlier, if it sounds like there is too much of something, cut that area, if it sounds like it needs something more boost where it needs boosting. The only way to know how or what to EQ is either have experienced ears so you can hear exactly what needs to be EQ'ed, or to experiment. Many times on vocals this means boosting the high end, or high mids, and or rolling off low end, but it could mean the opposite, it really depends on how the vocals sounds recorded, and how you personally envision it to sounding when it's finished. Just experiment with it.
SouthSIDE Glen
independentrecording.net
EQ on vocals can be a tough thing sometimes. Vocals are in the same league as acoustic piano, acoustic guitar and violin, they don't take a whole lot of EQ very well. There is no good recipe or guideline here other than use your ears and find what's needed. A dozen small bumps and cuts may suit the vocal better than a couple of huge peaks and troughs do.
Instead of trying to force-fit the vocals via the wedge of EQ, the right mic/preamp selection can be all-important in getting vocals "right". I'm not saying that you have to have ten grand worth of vocal mics and another ten grand of preamps (though wouldn't that be kinda neat?
). But if you have more than one mic that can be used as a servicable vocal mic, try the vocal through two or three mics matched with the best pre (if you have a selection; if not, that make your choices a lot easier).
What is a great vocal mic for one person may sound veiled or colored on another person. And no EQ is going to fix that quite right, it just does not have the resolution.
Perhaps it's too late for your current situation, if you can't go back and re-track the vocals. But it's something to definitely keep in mind for the next time, or if you do have the chance to re-track the vocal. You might find real quick that there's one mic that works for singer A and one for singer B and getthat issue fairly settled pretty quick.
G.
Instead of trying to force-fit the vocals via the wedge of EQ, the right mic/preamp selection can be all-important in getting vocals "right". I'm not saying that you have to have ten grand worth of vocal mics and another ten grand of preamps (though wouldn't that be kinda neat?
). But if you have more than one mic that can be used as a servicable vocal mic, try the vocal through two or three mics matched with the best pre (if you have a selection; if not, that make your choices a lot easier). What is a great vocal mic for one person may sound veiled or colored on another person. And no EQ is going to fix that quite right, it just does not have the resolution.
Perhaps it's too late for your current situation, if you can't go back and re-track the vocals. But it's something to definitely keep in mind for the next time, or if you do have the chance to re-track the vocal. You might find real quick that there's one mic that works for singer A and one for singer B and getthat issue fairly settled pretty quick.
G.
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mixaholic
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thanks for the feedback. my mic is ok. it's a shure ksm27 i got it for $300 and my mixer is a yamaha mg10/2 got it for 100$.
slidey
New member
Massive Master said:
To a point sir but I generally find it more pleasing on the ear to cut more than boost
I've also just patched an aural exciter into my system which is doing wonders for my vocal top end without cuting my ears out