low cut.... (on the mixer)

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Whenever you need to cut frequencies below 75Hz. MAYBE drum overheads, MAYBE on vocals when the vocalist is very close to the mic, MAYBE when mic'ing acoustic guitar if it's starting to "woof out" the mic. No hard and fast rules.
 
ok, then is it better to cut it on that mixer? or is it better to cut it later, with N-Track?
 
If I felt the need to make a low cut, I'd do it at the microphone. If the mic didn't have a roll off, then I'd do it at the preamp.
 
I think on a lot of mixers, the lowcut was intended to take the rumble out of live situation...and it eats up the headroom too for the main pa amp/speakers. With a couple of stage mics going, and a "woobly" wooden floor that you see in many bars, alot of rumble can get transmited thru the mic stands..coming from the drums, bass amp...etc.. There really isn't much info in that area on many tracks/mics...so cutting it out is in order. ...especially if it is cumulative with a bunch of mics/tracks... Watch out using it on kick drum, bs gtrs...and obvious stuff like that. cymbal ov...sure...vocal mics...yeah..
 
I use the low cut everytime(on all my channels)guitars, vocals, drums. It gets rid of some of that low low end thats not needed, for my music. And my mix's still come out a lil bassy.
 
alright -
sounds like i'll just have to experiment to my liking...but thanks all you guys for your answers...that already saved me a lot of time..ha

thanks again
 
From the Mackie Owner's manual:

"We recommend that you use LOW CUT on every microphone application except kick drum, bass guitar, bassy synth patches, or recordings of earthquakes."

"These aside, there isn't much down there that you want to hear, and filtering it out makes the low stuff you DO want much more crisp and tasty."

Love the way these guys explain things.
 
"or recordings of earthquakes."

yeah, gotta love that...ha
so bassically on everything but stuff i want to be bassy. gotcha.

thanks again,
 
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