EQ'ing

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DaSeptIcon

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What's up everybody. Does anybody know of a website that shows exactly how to eq your drums. Like, cut these frequencies and add these frequencies...etc. Maybe a chart that shows where all elements should sit in the frequency range? Thanks...
 

Shonsteez

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Gotta try Google first homie! - This was the first thing that came up on a search for just "EQ Drums"... http://www.sirgalahad.org/paul/music/eq-guide.html ....and these are basically the same guidelines your gonna find anywhere else. The main thing to keep in mind here is to use your ears more then anything else and experiment. With EQ, the only thing Id really offer as a guideline for getting started is always try to CUT before BOOSTING any freq's...what that will do is prevent you from muddying up your tracks right away and making other freq's and harmonics fight with each other on different tracks.

Also keep in mind that EQ is a great tool and can add some amazing character to particular sources you effect with it, but it may not always be needed really so try to use your ears first. Often EQ is introduced because your trying to compensate for a frequency problem rather then anything else. In other words - your typically cleaning up useless freq's with EQ or boosting ones that are not as prominent that you would like to be more noticeable. So for example if you have a rhythm track say with a bass and drums but your kit is hogging too much low end and not letting your bass and kick cut through this is a perfect example of where EQ can come in and help clean things up. So what you would typically do here is try and roll off or reduce the low end on anything in the kit thats fighting with your bass and kick to allow room for those instruments.

Hope that helps as a starting point. Just remember to experiment and use your ears!
 

konartis

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Gotta try Google first homie! - This was the first thing that came up on a search for just "EQ Drums"... http://www.sirgalahad.org/paul/music/eq-guide.html ....and these are basically the same guidelines your gonna find anywhere else. The main thing to keep in mind here is to use your ears more then anything else and experiment. With EQ, the only thing Id really offer as a guideline for getting started is always try to CUT before BOOSTING any freq's...what that will do is prevent you from muddying up your tracks right away and making other freq's and harmonics fight with each other on different tracks.

Also keep in mind that EQ is a great tool and can add some amazing character to particular sources you effect with it, but it may not always be needed really so try to use your ears first. Often EQ is introduced because your trying to compensate for a frequency prob rather then anything else. In other words - your typically cleaning up useless freq's with EQ or boosting ones that are not as prominent that you would like to be more noticeable. So for example if you have a rhythm track say with a bass and drums but your kit is hogging too much low end and not letting your bass and kick cut through this is a perfect example of where EQ can come in and help clean things up. So what you would typically do here is try and roll off or reduce the low end on anything in the kit thats fighting with your bass and kick to allow room for those instruments.

Hope that helps as a starting point. Just remember to experiment and use your ears!
Good post. I would like to add that every mixing course has a section on EQ, so perhaps get yourself one of the Steinberg mixing tutorial DVDs (they're great), or another one. Try eBay.
 

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7thangel

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just seen this link posted in a gearslutz thread about orchestration/composition, it's an interactive sight so there's benefit to checking it out but here's a static image (the image itself is interactive).

first the link http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm

the image:

main_chart.jpg

bkgd_legend.jpg
 
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