. I've got a piano track down, and while it sounds ok now, I want it to have a bit more presence but without really having to turn the volume or anything up so loud. I was wondering if Eq'ing could help out a bit. Could anybody give me any good starters on how to EQ a piano to give it a bit more presence, yet be subtle? (I know it's a bit contradicting, but bare with me here) I know I read once that you could boost to give presence presence by boosting in either the 250hz or 2khz range, just not sure on how to go about it. The only thing I ever Eq'd were drums and bass really. Thanks!Yet another "how do you eq" thread
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- KVRAF
- 1891 posts since 9 Oct, 2004 from Columbus,Ohio
Hello again professional KVR musicians . I've got a piano track down, and while it sounds ok now, I want it to have a bit more presence but without really having to turn the volume or anything up so loud. I was wondering if Eq'ing could help out a bit. Could anybody give me any good starters on how to EQ a piano to give it a bit more presence, yet be subtle? (I know it's a bit contradicting, but bare with me here) I know I read once that you could boost to give presence presence by boosting in either the 250hz or 2khz range, just not sure on how to go about it. The only thing I ever Eq'd were drums and bass really. Thanks!
. I've got a piano track down, and while it sounds ok now, I want it to have a bit more presence but without really having to turn the volume or anything up so loud. I was wondering if Eq'ing could help out a bit. Could anybody give me any good starters on how to EQ a piano to give it a bit more presence, yet be subtle? (I know it's a bit contradicting, but bare with me here) I know I read once that you could boost to give presence presence by boosting in either the 250hz or 2khz range, just not sure on how to go about it. The only thing I ever Eq'd were drums and bass really. Thanks!-
- addled muppet weed
- 111306 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
rather than boosting anything as your after a naturl sound but with more presence i beleive you may want to try cutting frequencys instead
find any other instruments that are present in the mid to high and cut them a little,this should help but id wait for someone who knows more about usin ianos n stuff than me.
find any other instruments that are present in the mid to high and cut them a little,this should help but id wait for someone who knows more about usin ianos n stuff than me.
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- KVRAF
- 10597 posts since 13 Jun, 2004 from Alberto Balsam
Inspector will make any EQ'ing job a bit easier.
The only tip I have is to listen to your fav piano music every once in a while applying the EQ.
The only tip I have is to listen to your fav piano music every once in a while applying the EQ.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1891 posts since 9 Oct, 2004 from Columbus,Ohio
thanks! I gotinspector already, helpful little tool. I'll pull it up and perhaps find some tutorials and also listen to some songs with piano in it, see what happens. thanks again though!
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
In my experience, pianos are very hard to EQ: often there will be little going on in the high sparkly region, so boosting the normal "air" frequencies might have no effect. It always depends very much on the piano recording itself, and the mix it needs to fit into, but you might want to consider using compression / expansion to bring out the attack of the notes a little more, or a brightish reverb to add some "glossiness".
If your piano recording is really dull, try using an enhancer / exciter, but these effects are best used subtly in my experience. If you do use EQ you might find that cutting low-mid frequencies slightly will improve the definition of the sound better than boosting the highs..
If your piano recording is really dull, try using an enhancer / exciter, but these effects are best used subtly in my experience. If you do use EQ you might find that cutting low-mid frequencies slightly will improve the definition of the sound better than boosting the highs..
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 1891 posts since 9 Oct, 2004 from Columbus,Ohio
gotcha 
thanks!!! I actually plan on trying all of thse out tonight 
thanks!!! I actually plan on trying all of thse out tonight "You are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live."
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- KVRAF
- 7672 posts since 9 Nov, 2003 from Netherlands
I try avoiding boosting myself; there is more to be gained in carefully cutting. Subtle will take you further rather then drastic changes