hi guys
forgive me if this subject has been replied to a million times. im new to it all. its about eq-ing and how to know when theres to much on 1 thing or not enough on the other. ive went over things constantly on you tube etc and its not clicking yet. all this stuff about boostin things by so many hertz and keepin frequencies between 60 hertz and 100 hertz for example is just not sticking in my head. its really frustratin. is it something that wil just come 1 day or did it click with yous lot straight away. i hope some1 can give me some advice that my brain will recognise coz its really p****n me off. lol
thanks guys
Hey man, a couple things about EQ. First off… try not to boost. Always cut. And if you do have to boost, then try to cut elsewhere. There are other ways to make your sounds louder without having to boost a frequency. All this comes with experience.
Generally when you are doing like a high pass filter on a hi hat for instance, you should roll off the lows till you start to hear the main part of the sound effected. Even though you cant hear teh sound being changed doesnt mean that the low part wont interfere with your other lower frequency sounds. Any more questions, just ask! 
watching the future music vids the producers always boost. wtf they upto?
boost and cut bits til you can hear each part distinctly
i think the eqs in ableton are a bit muddy personally (do you even use Ableton!?!?!?)
try a different plug in maybe…?
im using cubase and my eq-in seems to be way clearer since i started usin cubase
i probably just wasnt usin the Live ones properly, but it has made a hell of a difference from my point of view.
its trial and error PLUS you can get a chart of frequencies i got mine with computer music on the cd the have each month. its just a pdf and its on their free cd every month.
im sure it can be found online or i could email it to you if you want.
can you send private messages on this board?
[quote]jpgetty2win (21/04/2010)[hr]watching the future music vids the producers always boost. wtf they upto?[/quote]
You aren’t seeing everything they are doing. They only show you choice things. But if you actually sat in with that producer for the whole process of creation, you would see that if they boost somewhere, they cut elsewhere first.
Can u explain me a little more why do you have to cut somewhere if you boost somewhere else ?
I want to add, that if you actually think about it and if they boosted everywhere in many of the tracks, it would be a complete mess. In production, if you read some of Bob Katz’s books, you have to use sound similar to a room. Every instrument/pattern is another person. If your sound is all boosted, everything will be by the front door, screaming for attention “LISTEN TO MEEEEE, LISTEN TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”. However if you boost in some places, cut in others, pan here, pan there, lower volume here, add reverb/delay there, all your sounds will have their proverbial “place in the mix”. If you boost everything your music will sound like garbage. Just letting you know.
[quote]mike dessler (22/04/2010)[hr]Can u explain me a little more why do you have to cut somewhere if you boost somewhere else ?[/quote]
I think my post above explained it. If it didn’t, let me know.
all those little orbs represent a sound.
Thank you. And i think i’m going to look for that book… 
so how do you actually cut a frequency- with a high pass filter or an eq8 or what??
[quote]georgekadar (22/04/2010)[hr]so how do you actually cut a frequency- with a high pass filter or an eq8 or what??[/quote]
I always us an EQ8. I rarely use an Auto Filter. they are basically the same thing with more options. And how i cut, depends on the sound.
it’s trial and error, you can boost but use sparingly otherwise it will loose impact and you only want to boost the sweet spot, if you start off by cutting only you will hear everything in the mix and it should tell you where you want to give it a boost
[quote]ctdf (23/04/2010)[hr]it’s trial and error, you can boost but use sparingly otherwise it will loose impact and you only want to boost the sweet spot, if you start off by cutting only you will hear everything in the mix and it should tell you where you want to give it a boost[/quote]
Great explanation.