How do you use EQ with Cakewalk?

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EQ fascinates me. It is the weird voodoo with which one day I will not f@ck up so many mixes.....

In that vein, I pose this question - "How do you use EQ with Cakewalk?"

For instance -

Are you a Minimalist?
- Do you prefer to get it right with recording technique?

Are you a Tracker?
- Do you prefer to EQ on the way in for the right sound?

Are you a Carver?
- Do you set your EQ per channel with distinct areas for each instrument?

Are you a Postie?
- Do you send envelopes flying over individual tracks?

Are you a Sweeper?
- Do you hear problems and then sweep your EQ until you find the dodgy area?

Are you a Busboy?
- Do you use EQ on the bus?

Are you a MixMaster?
- Use all of them?
- When?

Are you Too Cool To Be Reading This?
- Do tell us what we should be doing
- Please!

I've got my ways of getting stuff done, Lord knows the per track EQ in S3PE is a godsend, (this is not a paid advertisement), but I'd like to see what you guys find yourselves doing over and over again -- workflow etc.

Ciao,

:) Q.
 
I'd be a Carver. I always use EQ per channel.

BTW, this thread looks more like a poll. ;)
 
It started life as a question, then the creative writing kicked in....

;) Q.
 
I'm a homosexual minimalistic sweeping carver.
 
I use EQ to pick up beautiful little skinny boys like Moskus and James and take them home to perform.....eh.........I'm sorry I digress ;)
 
Pedullist said:
I'm a homosexual minimalistic sweeping carver.
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Minimalistic homosexual?

No, you're not!... :D







Didn't see the sweeper, well I guess it's included in the carver one... ;)
 
Straight, boring hetero here..

I use EQ as sparingly as possible, because let's face it, any filters that are bundled with Cakewalk are at best audio Band-Aids, and at worst can add phase distortion and really muck up the tone. There is nothing there that will give you the mojo of a great analog EQ.

I track almost al my vocals through a JoeMeek VC1Qs, which has the best sounding EQ in my studio. It's also very colored, so I can't use it for everything, but works great when I do.

I track guitars and bass with no EQ, but usually with some compression. Later I will use a combination of techniques to see if using the EQ can actualy improve things. It did improve the Taylor acoustic rhythm I tracked with an AKG C415E, adding more sparkle to get it to work with the high hat better

Other than that, I've FINALLY gotten some really good mics, preamps and guitar amps that don't require as much corrective EQ. I'm now researching the best sound/value options for plugins. I'd like to hear the new Universal Audio card.

Ken
 
I use EQ on each track, so I guess I'd be a carver. Of course I apply EQ to the entire mix when mastering.

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mix master..use eq when needed usually high pass and low pass filters...i always eq the mix bus too
 
I'm a carver (sweeping is part of carving, btw) and a busboy.
 
I'm a shelfer...

High pass lo pass

Never boost always cut, if at all.
 
Don't be afraid to boost, Middleman! It only hurts the first time. . .

Busboy, I mean MP :)
 
Middleman said:
I'm a shelfer...

High pass lo pass

Never boost always cut, if at all.
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Have to disagree with that.

When I eq my drums, I need to make up for the deficiencies of the room, mics, whatever, by boosting at the appropriate frequencies. However almost all boosts are accompanied by an adjacent cut which helps to emphasise the associated boost
 
Boosting tends to introduce phase variance. Your asking a piece of software to make up things that are not there. That's why most pros reccommend limited to no boosting.
 
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