Man how do you carry all of that around? You must have lots of roadys. May the peace of God which passes all understanding guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Music soft sacred and soulful Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Wicketts Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:25 AM To: ddtots Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Equaliser Hi Phil, It does sound a lot of hard work, however there are reasons for my seemingly mad EQ obsession when performing live. Some of the old Theatres need EQ has they wasn't really designed for large PA application, they have very high ceilings and nothing to dampen the overall sound. The other extreme is certain clubs that have very low ceilings and are heavily furnished. The EQ changes are subtle but affective. The reason for EQ on the microphone is to recreate that 1950's microphone sound like what Jerry Lee Lewis would have used at Sun Studio. it's not easy recreating that sound without EQ as there are some very unusual frequencies that recorded on the vocal tracks at Sun Studio. I try to capture a slightly cleaner version of the sound as it gave songs such as "Great Balls of fire" that pure Rock 'N' Roll feel. I do take a lot of equipment to my Shows, it's the only way I can stay ahead of the game, I have 4000 watts of stage lighting, 2650 watts active PA system, baby grand piano shell for my digital piano, a projector that makes the piano look like it's on fire, Mackie mixer, DBX equaliser, TC electronics' Effect unit, two Shure Beta 87A microphones, Ax keyboard, JTS wireless in ear monitors all the polls and stands and a partridge in a pare tree. That's nothing compared to some of my musician friends, it's like a live performance bigger and better addiction and you are showing early signs with the Bass Bin lol. Steve W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Muir" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:50 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Equaliser > Steve wrote: snip, I'm used to using hardware when performing live. I use > a > 16 band EQ to help get the best overall sound for all the instruments and > a > 15 band on the microphones. > > Phil replied: sheesh, that's a lot of hard work. Am able to leave my > backing tracks flat on the desk when playing live. Then, just have to > take > out a little of the lows and sweep the mid on the vocals a bit to sweeten > up > the sound. Never use a 32 band EQ, just the parametric on the board and > that's enough. Mind you do use a DBX 1066 compressor on the vocals which, > does an excellent job. > > > > > Regards, Phil Muir > Accessibility Training > Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 > UK +44-1747-821-794 > Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 > E-mail: > info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > URL: > http://www.accessibilitytraining.co.uk/ > -----Original Message----- > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > Behalf Of Steve Wicketts > Sent: 21 December 2010 15:59 > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Equaliser > > Hi Chris, > > I'm used to using hardware when performing live. I use a 16 band EQ to > help > get the best overall sound for all the instruments and a 15 band on the > microphones. > I'm used to using sliders and that's why I like the access to the > frequency > levels on the Sonitus. > The sonitus vintage EQ however only has 6 frequency levels. > I want more control over the overall sound as I have some studio projects > that I'm trying to get as close as possible to a Mastering house finish. > I'm Using limiter effects, compressors and equalisers. It's a very time > consuming game trying to get that Pollished production sound, especially > as > it's not really my bag. > > I too guess I'm going to have to learn how different EQ curves sound and > how > to get these mmuch more precisely with the Sonitus EQ., > > Thanks Chris, > Steve W > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Smart" <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:24 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Equaliser > > >> I'm curious why you need so many bands. >> >> With a large graphic equalizer, several bands are used to create slopes, >> bell curves, and other shapes, that you can do with a single band in >> something like the per Track EQ or the Sonitus EQ. >> >> There is a 20-band graphic EQ in Sony Sound Forge, and we have access to >> it in that program. Honestly though, once I learned how different EQ >> curves sounded and how to get these mmuch more precisely with the Sonitus >> EQ, I have almost never used the 10 or 20-band graphic EQ in Sound forge. >> >> Chris >> >> PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! >> To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> unsubscribe >> For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately >> following link: >> ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or >> send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> and in the Subject line type >> faq >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5721 (20101221) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature > database 5721 (20101221) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5724 (20101222) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5724 (20101222) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5724 (20101222) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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