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The OP was stating that it is better to use subtractive eq. Am I wrong?
Yes, and your statements still make no sense. Sorry man. I'll let others carry on this conversation, I don't have the energy.
The OP was stating that it is better to use subtractive eq. Am I wrong?
"Subtractive eq'ing is probably the best approach 75% of the time that you need an eq" would make sense. But add, subtract, whatever, it really depends on which side of the compressor I strap that eq on, and what I need to "fix" in the sound. I would say that I add 30-40% of the time!![]()
There's nothing wrong with using EQ boost at times, but it's much easier to remove frequencies that are excessive rather than add ones that are not there to begin with...AFTER you've record a track, in order to fine-tune the track's EQ balance.
Buy subtracting the offensive frequencies...you can than boost up the level of that track and that bring brings up (boosts) ALL the remaining "good" frequencies for a given track. You get where you want to be in a much cleaner, less obtrusive way. If you first remove the 'bad" frequencies...and then do some boosts if neeeded, you get more bang for your buck rather than just trying to "overcome" the bad frequencies by boosting "good/needed" ones more than the "bad" ones.
After you do it enough times, you realize the value of subtractive EQ, but again, sometimes you just need to boost a little here-n-there to sweeten up a signal, though from a corrective standpoint, boosting always causes more issues than subtracting....regardless if they are digital EQs or analog EQs.
I think I have "done it enough times" to know how I like to work.Again, each has it's uses. I am not always eq'ing to "fix" a "bad" thing. Sometimes, I just want a different character. Sometimes, I want a certain frequency range to set off the compressor. Sometimes after compression, I want bass notes in a certain range to jump out in the mix a bit with a little bit of aggression. So many practical uses for ADDITIVE eq. Anybody living by a model will be restricted to that model. I have no interest in restricting myself by "rules". I have probably 12,000 hours or more sitting at a mixer trying to make stuff sound the best it can. I have learned from my own experience and watching other skilled craftsmen that there are no rules, and that what works is what works.
Yeah...but this thread is about subtractive EQ techniques to correct things when initially setting up your mix.
You're tossing in other uses of EQ, and that's cool....but most of the other things you mentoin, you can, and would do...AFTER the initial subtractive EQ is done at the start of the mix.
First you fix things, then you go about sweetening.
That ain't a "model" or rule...it's just a common sense approach.![]()
That makes sense. But what you said earlier was that subtractive EQ was only good if you have a "bad Equalizer" or "bad gain staging",etc....That's what doesn't make sense.My use of eq is to cut a frequency when there is too much and boost when there isn't enough.
That makes sense. But what you said earlier was that subtractive EQ was only good if you have a "bad Equalizer" or "bad gain staging",etc....That's what doesn't make sense.
Yeah, but you should probably stop trying to argue your point, and just listen to what everyone else is saying.
There are no rules for anything man. There just are not....