EQ when mixing
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- KVRian
- 689 posts since 5 Mar, 2003 from Sir Osis of Liver
Is it better to use one instance of EQ per track, or run the EQ through the aux bus for cloned tracks? (i.e. the same track doubled or tripled, etc.)
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- KVRist
- 85 posts since 7 Jan, 2005
For a discussion of what to listen for when EQing and differnt approaches to EQ, please see my post here:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=
In regards to using EQ on each track, or with Aux bus, i would always use it on each track except in very rare cases when I need a specail effect.
-Iain
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... highlight=
In regards to using EQ on each track, or with Aux bus, i would always use it on each track except in very rare cases when I need a specail effect.
-Iain
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- KVRist
- 133 posts since 18 Jul, 2004 from Atlanta, GA USA
My advice for electronic music:
Tweak from the basics. In other words, don't jump to any eq effects. First try the filters in your synth or sampler if they're good enough. Even better, if your using additive synthesis, tweak your partials.
I've always found with electronic music, everything seems to mix itself as you are composing, You have access to so many parameters with synths, drummachines,samplers...take advantage of these factors from the get-go and you'd be suprised how lush your mix will sound without doing any "traditional" mixing.. my 2 cents.
Tweak from the basics. In other words, don't jump to any eq effects. First try the filters in your synth or sampler if they're good enough. Even better, if your using additive synthesis, tweak your partials.
I've always found with electronic music, everything seems to mix itself as you are composing, You have access to so many parameters with synths, drummachines,samplers...take advantage of these factors from the get-go and you'd be suprised how lush your mix will sound without doing any "traditional" mixing.. my 2 cents.
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 285 posts since 15 Dec, 2003
Thanx everyone!!!!
Very, very helpfull. I'll have to print the thread and try everything out. Thanks again.
Very, very helpfull. I'll have to print the thread and try everything out. Thanks again.
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- KVRist
- 382 posts since 6 Apr, 2005 from Fair NJ, the Garden State, US
If I have a lot of copied tracks, or a lot of tracks where I want similar treatment, I'll sometimes buss them together and put the EQ on that, just to save overhead. Far as sends go, I often EQ a send, but I don't think I've ever set up a send AS an EQ. Course a prefader send becomes a buss if you set the fader to zero, but I'd probably get confused.cyanogen wrote:Is it better to use one instance of EQ per track, or run the EQ through the aux bus for cloned tracks? (i.e. the same track doubled or tripled, etc.)
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- KVRist
- 382 posts since 6 Apr, 2005 from Fair NJ, the Garden State, US
That's actually true. Little spooky, but true. It's let getting an automatic transmission installed in your race car, yeah?Space Boy wrote:'Space Boy' could be useful here. No need to use your ears or your monitors.
On the 'use yer ears' thing -- worth saying, there's no shortcuts to learning to mix, or at least I didn't find any. The first couple of YEARS are really frustrating, even if you're working with someone who knows what they're doing. Hell, getting eq right is still often frustrating. If I'd had to teach myself, I would be useless.