Mastering out the muddyness

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DrewPeterson7 said:
Chibi is being perhaps a touch too reductionist, but overall he's pretty much right. I'll use EQ to do a little bit of tweaking here or there, or occasionally for special effect, but by and large if you don't have something that sounds pretty much like a mix when you're done setting levels and panning then the problem isn't the mixing, it's the tracking.

I don't know if this is true or not, but I've heard it alledged that the last Tool album, 10,000 Days, was recorded entirely without EQ, and the engineer did everything he needed to with mic choice and positioning. It's worth thinking about.
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what if you're mainly recording synths and you still get muddiness?
 
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the problem with synths is the fact that they can be anywhere in the frequency spectrum. but i also found synths the easiest to eq becaus cutting frequencies with them allow them to be heard and still give space
 
RAMI said:
Fix the synth patches, or re-examine the arrangement. You could have synths fighting with each other.
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I tend to because I like sounds in the lower frequencies

illsoulprod said:
the problem with synths is the fact that they can be anywhere in the frequency spectrum. but i also found synths the easiest to eq becaus cutting frequencies with them allow them to be heard and still give space
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yup thats the problem...especially when they are multi tonal..I need to learn more about EQing...at the moment if something works its generally by accident
 
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