"highs are higher and lows are lower"

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is it possible to move an instrument that is high such as horns all the way to the bottom? also does this depend on what note u play or is it just the instrument when talking about this. (eg. playing strings with lower notes and playin strings with higher notes: does it matter the or note or is it just the frequency of that instrument) thanks
 
I think he's talking about pitch shifting...

could you elaborate?
 
sorry for confusing you guys lol. what i mean is if you play an instrument at a higher pictch, does it move higher in frequency or does it remain the same. also with eq, can u move an instrument all the way up if it was low? i know u can't with a piccolo well at least i heard
 
mixaholic said:
sorry for confusing you guys lol. what i mean is if you play an instrument at a higher pictch, does it move higher in frequency or does it remain the same. also with eq, can u move an instrument all the way up if it was low? i know u can't with a piccolo well at least i heard
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Isn't "pitch" another term for frequency?
 
mixaholic said:
also with eq, can u move an instrument all the way up if it was low? i know u can't with a piccolo well at least i heard
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What you need is a giant capo. Put that on any instrument and it will squeeze the sound Up. I don't know how to go down, only up.
 
my bad i meant playing a higher note such as c5 to c4 or the other way around.
 
You might want to start all over aga in and re-phrase the question as if it's the first time you ask it.
 
yea i think i'm confusing my own self lol. ok does changing the octave to a higher note of an instrument make it move higher in the mix? and can u move things from bottom to top with boosting eq all the way up on a low sound
 
no. you can't shift the pitch with an EQ, and you can't EQ with a pitch-shifter.
 
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does changing the octave to a higher note of an instrument make it move higher in the mix?
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I'm not trying to give you a hard time, but I don't know what that means.

"changing the octave to a higher note of an instrument" and "make it move higher in the mix?" make no sense to me on their own...and even less together.
 
if its higher it will be higher in the mix

you can get really high if you know how

really really high
 
you cant EQ what isnt there in the first place..so that means you cant record a guitar and EQ it to sound like a bass.

if youre boosting the lows i think youd only be boosting the low overtones..right? and in that case it would just sound like you recorded it through a wall
 
If I'm understanding this right, He's try to figure out if playing in a higher octave would effect where an instrument will fit in the mix. I'm guessing that if the instrument's tone remains the same, it'll stay in the same place in the mix.
 
yes this is exactly what i am trying to ask but didnt know how. thanks for rephrasing my question lol


and for the people giving me bad reputation for asking this question need to grow up lol. it's a forum where people are suppose to help and i'm curious of certain things so i am going to ask weather you approve the question or not.:D
 
Where you play the instrument in it's range will affect where it sits in the mix.

For example, if you have a guitar run that is low on the neck and a bass run that is around the 7th fret, the two parts will fight for the same space. Even if the tone is different.

It's not so much a tone thing as it is an arraignment thing.
 
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