When do you use low-pass-filter in Mixing?

[mementus]

Aside Reverbs, Delays and MixBus, when do you apply for it?

[Daimonicon]

On electric guitars if it's too much treble. I use low-pass even more when I make dark ambient on sounds that need to be darker even though the sounds them self are not too much treble on.

[AsPeeXXXVIII]

Basically whenever I feel like it's needed. Which is to cut out the treble on tracks that don't necessarily need it.

[dark_virus]

Some scenarios:

1 - automating a low-pass before a break section. Used a lot in classic Trance and House.

2 - low-pass drums before different song sections as a transition element.

3 - low-pass the entire track somewhere between 16-17 Khz so it results in better mp3 encoding.

[dark water]

I end up low passing most hihat samples as they are usually too acutely hissy for my hearing. Perhaps weirdly, I don't find most cymbal samples suffering from the same issue.
Also low pass kick drums just above the 'click'.

[legendCNCD]

Lowpass.. rarely. Shelves ftw.
Mainly if fex. bass is made from two or three parts, I lowpass the sub.

[ATN69]

I seldom use LP filter but occasionally I add it on HiHats, claps and other sounds that are too powerful at the very high end.

[DJ Warmonger]

Rarely lowpass. usually ony heavily distorted sounds that get too noisy and unnatural.

Sometime ago I started using gentle lowpass around 17-20 kHz to ensure nothing goes into supersonic area. At teh same time try to always get prominent high-end as long as it's listenable and not just the hiss.

[do_androids_dream]

I use low pass filters all the time. A bright, brittle mix is a hallmark of inexperienced producers. The only things that need high end presence are the things that will produce the excitement in a mix so don't be afraid to be brutal with getting rid of highs on things don't need to be in your face. It's also a great way to push something back in the mix. Think of RL.. the closer you are to something the more high frequencies you will hear - the further away you go the less you will hear. Just by removing highs you can create depth in a mix..

[BertKoor]

I usually prefer a shelve filter instead of high-pass. That's what on the channel strips of all the analog mixing consoles.

[LampasCZ1]

its best for making a PADs sound, dark with automation...or cut thr drum loop on the drop ) on hi hats too

[camsr]

A "trick" I use is to set a lowpass to hear the main fundamental tones, then add peaking bands to boost stuff in the lowpass' cut range. I guess it's useful because it makes it easier to control the volume of the harmonics.

[imrae]

A "trick" I use is to set a lowpass to hear the main fundamental tones, then add peaking bands to boost stuff in the lowpass' cut range. I guess it's useful because it makes it easier to control the volume of the harmonics.

That's an interesting approach, thanks for sharing. Sometimes with SlickEQ GE I start with the linear tilt filter to get the overall "distance" right and then adjust with bands from there. This is similar but different; should experiment more with shallow filters...

I generally stick a steep-ish lowpass after any aggressive distortion or bitcrusher treatments to reduce the amount of high-frequency nonsense they are throwing out.

[Anti-Logic]

Sometimes I get some peaks at 20khz or higher, placing a decent lp filter around that area with resonance all the way down will trim it off.

[MogwaiBoy]

I prefer shelves - and the objective is to reduce high end on certain elements to: 1) push them back in the mix to add depth, and 2) leave plenty of space in the top end for the elements that need it , eg: vox, snare, lead synth, hihats - so they're not competing with less worthy things like pads for clarity.