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Hello Guest - Mastering Tips (EQ)
7 June, 2008 - 16:31 — Teddy Brazello
This is what I learned about which frequency range controls what. foundation of equalization.
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16-60hz / Sense of power, this frequency range is felt more than heard / Causes muddyness if boosted to much
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60-250hz / Contains notes of rhythm section and will make music thin or fat / Raising causes boomyness
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250- 2 khz / Contains low harmonics of most instrumenst / Boosting 500-1khz makes music soundhorny (lol) Boosting 1-2khz makes music sound like a tincan
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2- 4 khz / controls speech sounds like m b v / Raising to much causes listener fatigue
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4khz-6khz / Controls clarity and definition of voices and instruments / Boosting makes music closer
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6khz-16khz / Controls brilliance and clarity / raised to high causes vocal sibilance
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damn it teddy! comin' thru with the knowledge! This will actually help me a good bit. just started doing some pre-mastering stuff with parametrics and stereo imagers and maximizers. just need to get my reasons back up. Had to re-do my whole system do to faulty hardware. most appreciated on this info though!
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No problem cap. That blows about your setup. I had to go through that a couple times. This was just the basics of what I know on eqing. The funs when you get into specific equalization techniques of instruments and vocals. Voices are harder cause no two are the same you will always have to make adjustments according to their voice.
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Nice 1 thanks, mastering is a severe pain in the ass, I cut many CD`s to listen to my changes on different sytems and stil cant get it right.
I wasted tons of cds doing that. Not as much now. Mastering is my favorite part of making songs. I've read every book I could get ahold of on this subject over and over again. After I started researching it I noticed a dramatic change in how the songs I mix sound when I'm done.
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Yo Teddy, now thats the way to do it, I got a few tips from David Mellor from Audio Masterclass and they made real sense. Maybe you could drop us a couple of mastering book titles and I will try find them on the net.
Go well.
LPD
heres one "Mastering Audio Second Edition: The art and the science" I dont remember the names of the other ones. Theres some video turtorials on youtube too though they are pretty short
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Thanks, enjoy.
LPD
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Just found a good one in my `internet favourites' - http://www.tweakheadz.com/midi_drum_tips.htm
) Place priority on mixing the drums & bass first. Achieving a solid drum & bass foundation gives your mix a strong backbone. Take it from MPCsounds, if you focus on the drums and bass first, the rest of your mix will naturally fall into place.
2) Even though many producers mix the entire instrumental song before adding in the lead and background vocals - it's a big mistake! After you've built the drum and bass mix, MPCsounds recommends moving straight into placing your lead vocal tracks into the heart of it. Build a solid mix with these 3 components first, before adding in your other tracks.
3) After the drums, bass, and vocals are solid, add in your other melodic tracks such as guitar, piano, strings, etc. Leave out any percussion or sound effects at this point. Pan these melodic tracks around the lead vocal, finding a pocket for each addition. Make sure not to compete for the lead vocals attention, but instead support the vocals as complimentary.
4) Save the percussion and sound effects tracks for last. Typically it's wise to pan these last tracks outside your drums, bass, vocal, and melodic tracks. Use your percussion and effects tracks to fill in spaces in the mix that seem unbalanced. By this step your mix should be well shaped and balanced following MPCsounds' steps!
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As a Hip Hop Producer, one thing you must learn to respect is the power of bass and how it can control your entire mix for better or worse. So, for the benefit of your mixes, take note of these important tricks of the trade we reveal below:
1) Bass frequencies are omnidirectional. This means the lows within bass instruments contain a lot of power and energy, so powerful they can control the overall output of the master mix level. Plus, your bass track should almost always be panned in the center. Panning your bass other than to the center is senseless as it will only generate a mix that is lopsided and artificially hot on one side.
2) Don't EQ your bass with the same frequencies as you used on your kicks. For example, if you boosted 40-80hz in your kick tracks, then boost around 120hz for your bass, or vice versa. It's very important to avoid accumulation of the same frequencies when dealing with lows as these tracks control the overall output level of your mix. By assigning different frequency settings to each low end track, your overall mix level can become louder.
3) Boosting a particular frequency on a kick track, calls for cutting the same frequency by the same amount on your bass track. Specifically, when boosting 80hz on a kick track, be certain to cut 80hz by the same amount on your bass track. Likewise, if you boosted 130hz on your bass track, cut by the same amount and frequency on your kick track. This secret technique will give your song a far more low end sculpted sound, allowing for a hotter overall mix.
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Ready to achieve optimum, punchy, in-your-face, hip hop compression settings for a kick? a snare? bass? percussion? Learn what compressor settings platinum hip hop producers use below...
Ratio & Threshold settings dictate amount: Heavy weight producers use Ratio settings 4:1 to 7:1 for most hip hop applications. Ratios 8:1 & above are more effective for limiting, not compression. For Threshold settings, the Pro's use anywhere from 10db to 15db of gain reduction on kicks, snares, percussion, bass, or guitar. After you set the ratio and threshold, the real power comes in with your attack and release settings...
Attack times dictate snap: To ensure the most punch per track in your mix, you need to assign each track it's own compressor attack settings one at a time. Starting with the kick, set your attack to its slowest possible setting. Next, increase the time of the attack until the kicks timbre dulls slightly. Once you've reached this point, decrease the attack time slightly to un-dull the kick timbre and leave it at that setting. Repeat this method for all other tracks you wish to add optimum punch to!
3) Release times dictate recovery: Now that you've optimized the attack for each individual track needing punch, now you must assign each track its own release setting too. Again, starting with the kick, set your release to its fastest possible setting. Next, decrease the time of the release until you hear the compression fully recovers the kick's volume before the next kick pulse begins. Repeat this method for all other tracks needing optimum volume recovery!
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teddy, can u listen to my latest post and let me kno what u think about the mix i put on it....feedback would be greatly appriciated
http://www.maketunes.com/audio/fdp-check-out-my-frames
Makes perfect sense... I may disagree with recording the vocals before you master the instrumental, (cuz I go back and re-level everything in post.) but the EQ tips will help a lot. Thanx for sharing!
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