Just wondering, when eq'ing, do you put the hi-pass filter on before starting the eq process? Right now, it's the first thing I do to get rid of the ultra lows. However, I'm more concerned with the low pass filter. Do you put it on before or after cutting?
Thanks in advance
Don't be afraid to use multiple EQ units at multiple stage of the i/o chain. Use a single band EQ unit to roll off your lows (assuming your mic or preamp didn't have and adequate one). Compress, EQ again, compress again, then bus it somewhere else. This way, each EQ unit is doing a different job at a different stage. I'll give you an example of a how I might use EQ on a single vocal track.
Channel 1 - EQ (hipass at 90) - Api 2500 or 1176 (to control initial transients) - Schoeps or Neve EQ to start sculpting the sound (now that the transients are controlled), an
LA-2A, or a Shadow Hills, or a Manley to really add some serious character or flavor. Now send it to a bus.
Bus 1 Delay (from channel 1) - EQ (hi-pass at 500 because we only want the delay to react to the mids and highs) - Waves H Delay (25%wet, right cancelled) - EQ (low pass at 7K) because we don't want any of the sibilance to escape.
Bus 2 Delay (from channel 1) - EQ (hi pass same as first) - Waves H Delay (35% wet - left cancelled) - EQ (low pass at 7K) for the same reason.
...and then you would send to a doubler or imager or pitch shifter for taste, the you might send to a reverb then blend the reverbs with delays. Then bend the whole thing back with the initial vocal.
My point is that I'm making incremental cuts along all signal path to allow certain elements to escape, and certain elements to be appear exaggerated.