sorry for this question, but quick one,
what is E Q?
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----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:luiselorza@xxxxxxxxx>Luis Elorza
To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:21 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 2 questions
it is not easy to come up with the right e.q settings because
there are no rules and every case is different,the important thing
is to know what different possibilities an e.q. gives for changing
the way a track sounds.
i am not a teacher but let me try and explain basic operations.
in sonar producer you have an e.q. for every audio track. you
have 4 bands and all of them have the same parameters and options.
the gain control at zero or center position will make the
band inoperative as if it was turned off. this control let's you
increase or decrease the volume of the frequency selected in the
frequency control . so one thing you can do is to raise the gain
around 8 db's and then move the frequency control to search for
the frequency you want to work with.
when you have found it you can change the gain til you get the
right setting. the q. control is very important because it will
determine the width of the band. higher numbers will narrow the
band and lower numbers will widen.
so if you have a q. of zero point one it will operate as a volume
control because the band will contain the whole range. the initial
setting of this e.q. is very much like the ones found in hardware
mixers so it may work in most situations. but you can always tweak
it a little bit to fine tune what you need at the moment.
the band type is also very important. a low shelf setting will
work with all the frequencies under the freq control.
a high shelf all the frequencies above the selected in the freq
control. a peak dip will work with the frequency in the freq
control as the center frequency , a low pass will filter the high
frequencies and the high pass will cut the lows.
the only way to decide what is the tool you need for a specific
situation is to experiment a lot with all these possibilities and
learn to recognize the results in every case.
the same thing can be applied to a compressor, only experimenting
a lot the results will be predictable and both the e.q. and
compressor are tools that with an unproper setting will make
recordings sound terrible. this means that you have to be subtle
with working in a project but you can have experimenting sessions
where you can be very adventurous .
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>neville
To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:51 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 2 questions
How do you find those frequencies? I have messed around with the 4
bans in the inspector, but I haven't had any luck with finding
frequencies. I have managed to fit the bass or kick in the mix
quite nicely, but I find that I loos some of the punch.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:sbleeks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Stacy Bleeks
To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:36 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: 2 questions
Hi Nevil.
What i do to maintain the punchiness of a kick drum or guitar or
whatever the sound might be, is to ue integrity of the original
sound though.
What do I know about integrity though? (smile)
se compression. i have fine tuned the compression settings for
things like vocals, kick drum, snares etc. and the right ratio of
gating will have these sounds fit nicely in the mix without having
them sound to squished or distorted. The right compression will
make a kick drum sound warmer or fluffier if you like. Too much
though and it sounds like caca.
i remember an interview with Butch Vig (Nirvanna and Garbage
producer). he talked about using compression on the entire
mix. He said something about this technique makes his stuff sound
better for peeps listening to his stuff with a boom box. I think
he was half joking but it still makes sense at the same time.
As for the noisiness. I guess you could E Q some of it out if you
zoned in on the right frequencies. or, you could use something
like GoldWave which has some noise reduction effects that I have
used with some success in the past. Too much noise reduction
could compromise th
----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>neville
To: <mailto:ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] 2 questions
I have 2 questions for all you experts.
1 How do you find unwanted frequencies and remove them? How do you
get the most out of a kick drum or a bass guitar if it's too boomy
sounding? I wouldn't want to remove all the low frequencies,
because then it would sound flat, but at the same time I wouldn't
want to overpower the mix.
2 How would I remove hiss from a loop that I downloaded? I would
like to get the most out of these loops, but some of them are
messy sounding.
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