High Pass Q setting?

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Just a quick Q that i keep forgetting to ask. Common practise to low cut on tracks that aren't bass tracks, generally speaking do you guys use a really high Q setting on a shelving EQ? Or lower so it tapers off?
 
It's not as common of a practice as the Internet would have you believe. Yes, there's a hard core group of some home recers who seem to think it's a good idea, but it's not as common of a practice in the more professional circles.

And you refer in your title to a high-pass filter, and then in the body ask about a shelf EQ. Those are not the same thing, and the slope and/or Q settings for either one mean something different.

With either one, though, if you really think you want to filter the bass on your non-bass tracks, you should be careful about setting the slope too sharply. It depends upon the internal design of the filter, but with many of them, if you set the slope too fast, you wind up actually creating a bit of a gain bump in the EQ curve right around the hinge frequency, before the slope starts.

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
It's not as common of a practice as the Internet would have you believe. Yes, there's a hard core group of some home recers who seem to think it's a good idea, but it's not as common of a practice in the more professional circles.
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I agree. That low-cut everything shit is craziness.
 
Tbh the main tracks i use low cuts on are drum OH's and backing vocals.
 
miroslav said:
Ditto.




Ditto.

Whoa!
Glen, Greg and I in absolute agreement about something.
Is it a full moon? :D
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Lol. No kidding. The planets must all be in perfect alignment or something. We should build on this and take over the world.
 
Greg_L said:
Lol. No kidding. The planets must all be in perfect alignment or something. We should build on this and take over the world.
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Yeah...but eventually you would want to be the supreme leader...and then Glen and I would have to kill you.
 
miroslav said:
Yeah...but eventually you would want to be the supreme leader...and then Glen and I would have to kill you.
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That's fine, but you two geezers better pack a lunch and wear your depends because it's gonna take you a while. :D
 
Take note of this one, homerecordists:
Southside, Greg, Miro, and myself rarely ever come down on the same side of a question.

I don't cut crap unless I hear a problem that needs to be cut.
 
Greg_L said:
That's fine, but you two geezers better pack a lunch and wear your depends because it's gonna take you a while. :D
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HA!!!

Now we got Chibi too...I'm sure the three of us could take you down real easy.

:D
 
I FEEL FAINT ~ There is, I feel, a great disturbance in the force.

All right what gives here? what have you guys done with the real Glen, Greg, Miro and Chibi?

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miroslav said:
HA!!!

Now we got Chibi too...I'm sure the three of us could take you down real easy.

:D
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I still doubt it. While you and Glen take your nap I'm pretty sure I could persuade Chibi to help me rummage through your wallets.
 
Nah...if you guys want to rule the world, you can have it. I have a hard enough time running a single household without going nuts, I'm not up to keeping 6 billion cranky people in line. :rolleyes:

Back to the thread; chamelous, I'd simply keep the Q/slope moderate. Too much and you can get weird bumps, as mentioned earlier, and too gentle won't make a whole lot of difference.

I'd also use a high-pass and not a shelf.

G.
 
Greg_L said:
While you and Glen take your nap I'm pretty sure I could persuade Chibi to help me rummage through your wallets.
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You can have my wallet...there's only plastic in there...I rarely carry more than $10 cash in my pocket. :D

You could maybe buy a new set of premium drumsticks with that. :)


SouthSIDE Glen said:
Nah...if you guys want to rule the world, you can have it.
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Glen...then you can be the Minister of Peace & Love. ;)
Shave your head and do a Ghandi!
Though Greg's already got the look!
How about it Greg...I think you might actually be the best choice for the Minister of Peace & Love. :laughings:
 
Chibi Nappa said:
Take note of this one, homerecordists:
Southside, Greg, Miro, and myself rarely ever come down on the same side of a question.
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That seals it ~ this is the end of days ~ the lions sleeping with the lambs!

Revelations kind of stuff ~ And the Greg will likest the Glen as doith the Chibi to the Miro.
When are the locust showing up?

REPENT for the end is near!







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miroslav said:
You can have my wallet...there's only plastic in there...I rarely carry more than $10 cash in my pocket. :D

You could maybe buy a new set of premium drumsticks with that. :)

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Nah I'm done buying good drumsticks. They all suck. I'm gonna buy a lathe and start making my own.
 
miroslav said:
Glen...then you can be the Minister of Peace & Love. ;)
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Again, not intrested. About the closest your could talk me into would be Director of Pizza Tasting, and even then only if the pay and bennies were good.

G.
 
SouthSIDE Glen said:
Nah...if you guys want to rule the world, you can have it. I have a hard enough time running a single household without going nuts, I'm not up to keeping 6 billion cranky people in line. :rolleyes:
G.
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Nah. Just take a cue from how 'progressives' do it- You slaughter about half of them.
 
Whats the difference between a high pass filter and a shelf set at the same frequency?
 
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