Frequencies and EQ

[Bad Acoustics]

I was talking to a friend over logic (the mac based software) concerning recording methods, and he mentioned to me that I should "roll off" drum frequencies above 150 hz. So I'm a total newbie boobie, and I was wondering what the hell all this means, is it all simply equalizing the instruments so that they sound even and not muddled, or is there something more to it?? Any advice is welcomed.

Glen

 

[Bulls Hit]

Huh?
If you roll of everything above 150Hz, you won't have much of a drum sound left. Does he maybe mean 15kHz?

 

[Bad Acoustics]

Equalize me!

I don't know, maybe he was talking out of his ass, my question in General was supposed to be more of a question of Equalizing, since I've never done it before, do certain instruments sound better when restricted to certain frequencies or what? Thoroughly confused =)

Glen

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

If you track it the way you want it to sound, then you won't be using the EQ as much........

My personal philosophy is track it right, use the minimum EQ required to get the job done.... OTOH, if a particular track requires you to twist the knobs inside out to get the right sound, so be it..........

Audio is the one area where the ends justify the means!

 

[Bad Acoustics]

I see!

Thanks Bear, I needed that justification. So I should probably work on better micing techniques rather than within my software for a good sound! Well, now I just have to get my micing techniques down haha =) Thanks!!

Glen

 

[Ethan Winer]

Glen,

> I should probably work on better micing techniques <

I agree with Blue Bear that you should aim to capture the best sound possible from the get-go.

For a good overview see "The Art of Equaliztion," 6th in the list on my Articles page:

www.ethanwiner.com/articles.html

--Ethan